1 December 2015
Air Liquide masters the entire hydrogen supply chain,
from production to storage and
from distribution to the development of applications for end users.
The Group is actively participating in
promoting the widespread use of hydrogen as a clean energy,
especially for the transportation sector.
To date, 75 hydrogen charging stations
have already been designed and installed by Air Liquide worldwide,
five of them in France.
The first hydrogen charging station for a local authority in France
was inaugurated in January 2015
in Saint-Lô (Normandy),
for the General Council of the Manche department.
DETAILS
On the occasion of COP21, Air Liquide is installing
the first hydrogen charging station in Paris,
in partnership with
* the Paris-based electric taxi start-up STEP
(Société du Taxi Electrique Parisien), and
* the support of the Paris City Council.
The station will be located in the heart of Paris,
at Cours Albert Ier, in the Pont de l’Alma public parking lot.
It will enable the deployment of “hype”,
the first fleet of hydrogen-powered electric taxis
serving the Greater Paris Area.
First hydrogen charging station located inside
the city limits of Paris, it will serve
the first hydrogen-powered electric taxis of the “hype” fleet,
starting in the coming days and
for several months following COP21.
This hydrogen-powered vehicle fleet, initially composed of
five Hyundai ix35 cars, should count around70 vehicles
within a year and several hundred within five years.
In the course of 2016,
a permanent network of hydrogen charging stations,
designed in particular to meet the needs of this taxi fleet,
will gradually be installed in the Greater Paris Area.
The Paris station, like all the stations designed and installed
by Air Liquide, is able to
recharge hydrogen-powered electric vehicles
in less than five minutes for
an extended range of up to around 500 kilometers.
Hydrogen offers a number of advantages for clean transport. 4
Used in a fuel cell, it combines with the oxygen
in the air to produce electricity without generating any byproduct
other than water, and also offers
a considerably extended range capacity.
Member of the Air Liquide Executive Committee
supervising Innovation,
“I am delighted about this partnership with the start-up STEP.
This first station will allow us to promote
the benefits of hydrogen as a clean energy
for vehicles with consumers.
Hydrogen offers a concrete solution to the challenges
posed by the issue of sustainable mobility,
reducing greenhouse gas emissions as well as local pollution
in urban areas.
This project further illustrates Air Liquide’s commitment
to the deployment of hydrogen technologies that support
both sustainable mobility and environmental protection.”
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