Hydrogen for Industry

A major lever for the decarbonization of industry

Air Liquide serves its customers in the world's main industrial basins through its Large Industries business. This proximity, combined with our expertise and technologies, allows us to develop synergies between the industrial and mobility markets, to ensure the availability of hydrogen in large quantities.

Hydrogen can be used in many industrial sectors that are challenging to decarbonize, for its energy potential or as a raw material:

  • Refining, to desulfurize hydrocarbon
  • Chemistry, to produce methanol and synthetic fuel
  • Metallurgy, for heat treatmen 
  • Cement production

As a responsible citizen of industry we act to develop solutions together with our partners for clean manufacturing towards a more sustainable future. Our technological expertise, innovative capacities, and strategic partnerships, are our key assets in transforming our industry.

Commited to decarbonize our assets

The Air Liquide group has developed a unique expertise both for hydrogen all along the value chain, from production and
storage to distribution, as well as CO2 capture and storage solutions. As part of its Sustainable Development objectives, Air
Liquide has set itself clear targets to reduce its emissions and reach carbon neutrality.

by 2050 carbon neutrality

Air Liquide commits to reaching carbon neutrality by 2050, aligning the Group with international efforts to reduce global warming, as outlined in the Paris Agreement.

-33% CO2 emissions by 2035

Air Liquide commits to decreasing its CO2 emissions in absolute value by 33% by 2035.

Supporting our customers decarbonize

Together we can find answers and solutions that our customers and society are seeking for, reaching our ambitious sustainability goals. The creation of ecosystems demonstrates the will and the capacity of industrial companies to bring concrete solutions to the fight against global warming. This is in line with Air Liquide’s Sustainable Development strategy, which aims not only at reducing our emissions but also at providing a range of solutions to decarbonize the industry. We support our customers evolving our collaboration into partnerships that go beyond a consistent narrative of customer focus.

Developing a wide range of low carbon technologies

Developing Carbon capture and storage solutions (CCS) is essential to support the transition by enabling the capture of large volumes of CO2 emitted by industrial actors. With its long term expertise in carbon management with Cryocap , Air Liquide is offering effective and viable low carbon technologies for industrial processes whose emissions are hard to abate.


Producing renewable Solutions to decarbonize the Industry

Air Liquide and Siemens Energy have announced the creation of a joint venture dedicated to the series production of industrial scale renewable hydrogen electrolyzers in Europe. With two of the global leading companies in their field combining their expertise, this Franco German partnership will enable the emergence of a sustainable hydrogen economy in Europe and foster a European ecosystem for electrolysis and hydrogen technology. The strategic partnership will benefit from a portfolio of hydrogen projects combining both Air Liquide and Siemens Energy’s pipelines, targeting large industrial scale hydrogen projects in collaboration with customers. One of the first projects is the Air Liquide Normand’Hy electrolyzer project, with a capacity of 200 megawatts (MW) expected in the first phase, located in Normandy, France.


Capitalizing on Industrial Basins

Energy transition requires tackling complex projects and joining forces of both public and private sectors to make these projects a reality. Air Liquide’s ambition is to contribute actively to the emergence of a low carbon society, relying on its innovative technologies as well as strategic partnerships.

Our main projects in Dunkirk Basin, in the Hauts de France region, France.

  • ArcelorMittal partnership

    The partnership between Air Liquide and ArcelorMittal is an important step towards the creation of an ecosystem at the forefront of low carbon hydrogen and CO2 capture solutions that will be a source of competitiveness and attractiveness for various players in the Dunkirk industrial and port basin.

  • Lhoist partnership

    Air Liquide and Lhoist have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim to decarbonize Lhoist’s lime production plant using Air Liquide’s innovative and proprietary CryocapTM carbon capture technology. Thanks to this project, Lhoist would be able to reduce the CO2 emissions of its plant in Réty by more than 600,000 tons per year starting in 2028, equivalent to the annual emissions of about 55,000 households in France.

  • EQIOM partnership

    Air Liquide and EQIOM are joining forces in a project named “K6 with the aim to transform EQIOM’s Lumbres plant into one of the first carbon neutral cement plants in Europe. Through the implementation of innovative technologies, the project aims to capture around 8 million tons of CO2 over the first ten years of operation.
Air Liquide and BASF are planning to develop the world’s largest cross border Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) value chain. The goal is to significantly reduce CO2 emissions at the industrial cluster in the port of Antwerp. The joint project “Kairos@C has been selected for funding by the European Commission.
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