Pursuing the development of its low-carbon H₂ ecosystem in the Normandy industrial basin, Air Liquide will invest €50 MM in a new H₂ packaging and delivery supply chain to refueling stations along the Seine Axis, to support the acceleration of low-carbon mobility. The new packaging site will be supplied with renewable H₂ from the Air Liquide Normand’Hy electrolyzer with a capacity of 200 MW currently under construction. This investment will contribute to the decarbonization of industry and mobility in the Normandy and Ile-de-France regions.

The establishment of this supply chain will support the growing number of H₂ vehicles along the Seine Axis, from Le Havre to the Ile-de-France. This concerns both intensive mobility such as H₂ taxis, which are expected to triple in number between 2023 and the end of 2024, and corporate fleets of light utility vehicles, as well as heavy mobility with H₂ buses and trucks. Leveraging notably on long-term partnerships, including a contract to supply renewable H₂ to HysetCo's fleet of vehicles, Air Liquide will dedicate around a quarter of the production capacity of its Air Liquide Normand’Hy electrolyzer to supplying renewable H₂ for decarbonized transportation along the Seine Axis. This is equivalent to the consumption of 500 H₂ trucks or 10,000 light vehicles.

As previously announced, the other three-quarters of Air Liquide Normand’Hy’s production capacity is intended to supply renewable and low-carbon H₂ to customers in the Normandy industrial basin, including the TotalEnergies refinery in Gonfreville. Air Liquide's H₂ network in Normandy already includes two H₂ production units - the one located at the TotalEnergies refinery in Gonfreville and another at Port-Jérôme, where the Group has installed its CO₂ capture solution Cryocap^TM in 2015.

Emilie Mouren-Renouard, member of Air Liquide’s Executive Committee, notably supervising the Group’s operations in Europe, said, “Leveraging the capacities of the future Air Liquide Normand’Hy electrolyzer, this investment in the renewable H₂ supply chain constitutes a concrete and decisive step forward in favor of low-carbon transportation around the Seine Axis. It reinforces Air Liquide's positioning across the entire renewable and low-carbon H₂ value chain, a key component of the energy transition, from production to packaging and transportation to delivery points. With this new project, the Group confirms its commitment to fostering ecosystems that contribute to the transition towards a low-carbon society.”