LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. and
SHANGHAI, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products
(NYSE:APD), a world leading supplier of hydrogen and hydrogen for
mobility solutions, today announced its first hydrogen fueling
station project for the 2022 Winter Olympics has been commissioned
in Zhangjiakou in China's
Hebei Province, one of the host
cities. Built, owned and operated by Air Products, it represents
the first of its kind hydrogen fueling station to serve this
international event. The company is also building additional
hydrogen fueling stations and hydrogen supply to support a green
Winter Olympics and China's
sustainable development.
Strategically located at the Taizicheng Service Area of
Zhangjiakou where many skiing events will be held, the station
project is built with Air Products' state-of-the-art hydrogen for
mobility technology and equipment. The station is a joint effort
with local parties in Zhangjiakou City. With a filling capacity of
200 kilograms per day and a pressure of 70MPa, it can fuel the
latest hydrogen fuel cell vehicle models, including the Toyota FCEV
Coaster and MIRAI Gen 2.
"Air Products is honored to contribute to a green Beijing Winter
Olympics, an excellent platform to demonstrate the role hydrogen
can play in the energy transition to build a cleaner energy future.
As one of our undertakings to support this major event, this
flagship hydrogen fueling station aligns with our higher purpose
which includes playing a lead role in addressing significant energy
and environmental challenges," said Seifi Ghasemi, Air Products' chairman, president
and chief executive officer.
In line with the "Green Olympics" initiative, Zhangjiakou,
as a host city for the event and China's first-ever National Renewable
Energy Demonstration Zone, is becoming a world-class
demonstration city for hydrogen energy applications.
"We are very proud to help China make the 2022 Winter Olympics
environmentally sustainable and leave a green legacy with our
technologies, solutions and projects. It is our ongoing commitment
to contribute to the country's sustainable development in the
14th Five-Year Plan period and beyond. By driving
hydrogen energy to promote zero-emission transportation together
with our customers and partners, we will play our role to support
the government's '30·60' decarbonization goal," Air Products China
President Saw Choon
Seong emphasized.
Air Products has more than 60 years of hydrogen experience and
an extensive patent portfolio in hydrogen dispensing technology.
The company has been involved in over 250 hydrogen fueling projects
in 20 countries and its fueling technology is used in over
1,500,000 hydrogen fills per year.
As one of the first multinational gas companies to enter
China, Air Products has been
supporting the social and economic development of the country since
1987. The company has participated in several hydrogen
demonstration projects, among which the hydrogen fueling station
for the 2008 Beijing Olympics was the first-of-its-kind in
China. It has also been involved
in several hydrogen fueling station pilot projects, including China
Energy Investment Corporation Limited's first hydrogen fueling
station and Shandong Province's
first stationary hydrogen fueling station with both 35Mpa and 70Mpa
fueling. Currently, the company is building the country's first
world-class commercial liquid hydrogen production facility in
Haiyan County in Jiaxing City, Zhejiang
Province.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE: APD) is a
world-leading industrial gases company in operation for 80 years.
Focused on serving energy, environment and emerging markets, the
Company provides essential industrial gases, related equipment and
applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries,
including refining, chemical, metals, electronics, manufacturing,
and food and beverage. Air Products is also the global leader in
the supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and
equipment. The Company develops, engineers, builds, owns and
operates some of the world's largest industrial gas projects,
including: gasification projects that sustainably convert abundant
natural resources into syngas for the production of high-value
power, fuels and chemicals; carbon capture projects; and
world-scale carbon-free hydrogen projects supporting global
transportation and the energy transition.
The Company had fiscal 2020 sales of $8.9
billion from operations in 50 countries and has a current
market capitalization of over $60
billion. More than 19,000 passionate, talented and committed
employees from diverse backgrounds are driven by Air Products'
higher purpose to create innovative solutions that benefit the
environment, enhance sustainability and address the challenges
facing customers, communities, and the world. For more information,
visit www.airproducts.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter,
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NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements
within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are
based on management's reasonable expectations and assumptions as of
the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual
performance and financial results may differ materially from
projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking
statements because of many factors not anticipated by management,
including risk factors described in the company's Form 10K for its
fiscal year ended September 30,
2020.
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