The stations will be geared towards heavy duty vehicles on major European road corridors, enabling the development of hydrogen’s use for goods transportation.
The venture, due to launch this year, aims to deploy the stations on roads in France, Benelux and Germany in the coming years, under the TotalEnergies brand.
Matthieu Giard, Vice President and Executive Committee Member of Air Liquide, said, “To promote its (hydrogen) widespread use, it is imperative to accelerate the development of refuelling infrastructures and to offer vehicle manufacturers and transport operators a sufficiently dense network of stations.”
The two companies will utilise their experience in infrastructure, hydrogen distribution and mobility, whilst TotalEnergies will bring its expertise to the distribution of energies to back-to-back customers.
Thierry Pflimlin, President Marketing and Services at TotalEnergies, said, “Following the recent signature of a partnership for the production of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen on our Grandpuits Zero Crude Platform, we are pleased to once again join forces with Air Liquide and continue our common efforts to decarbonise mobility.”
Last year, the two companies announced a collaboration to produce low-carbon hydrogen by recycling residual biogas from a refinery.
Air Liquide will invest over $130m into the construction and operation of the new hydrogen production unit at the Grandpuits zero crude platform in France, with a capacity to produce over 20,000 tonnes of ‘partly’ renewable hydrogen a year.
Read more: TotalEnergies, Air Liquide partner for hydrogen production from French biorefinery
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