From producing clean transport fuels to the future hydrogen economy, Air Liquide is establishing leading edge technologies to fully participate in the global
energy business.
An Air Liquide hydrogen station provided hydrogen to a dozen hydrogen cars in the centre of Paris, just near the Eiffel Tower, during the Challenge Bibendum.
This is a proof of the technical feasibility of using hydrogen as a new energy source for clean mobility. Nevertheless, the most optimistic people forecast that
there are still 30 years ahead for hydrogen to be available for the mass market.
Without doubt, the worlds largest industrial gas company is pushing the technical barriers and striving towards public acceptance and understanding.
First of all, it is necessary to develop new hydrogen storage for cars; users must be offered sufficient autonomy in the order of 500 km as a minimum.
Refuelling the car with hydrogen must be as similar as possible to those encountered with a traditional fuel, and at a comparable cost. Secondly, using hydrogen in fuel cell still costs four to six times more compared to traditional fossil fuels and there is some important development work to be done to decrease this difference.
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