Air Liquide, Official Supporter in Hydrogen of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 to Contribute to Reducing the Games’ Carbon Emissions
June 26 2023 - 2:15AM
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Air Liquide (Paris:AI) has become an Official Supporter in
hydrogen, as part of a partnership with Paris 2024 to contribute to
reducing the event’s carbon emissions. The Group will supply
hydrogen of renewable origin to power some of the vehicles of Paris
2024’s official fleet. This partnership reflects Paris
2024’s ambition to “organize more sustainable Games”.
In keeping with the event’s environmental ambitions, Air Liquide
and the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and
Paralympic Games have signed a partnership to supply hydrogen for
vehicles transporting athletes and officials. Several hundred
hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai, the official vehicle of Paris 2024,
will be filled with hydrogen supplied by Air Liquide. This hydrogen
will be of renewable origin, meaning that it will be produced from
water electrolysis or biomethane with guarantees of origin.
Given that transport accounts for a quarter (24%1) of global CO2
emissions, the climate emergency requires a range of solutions,
including hydrogen of renewable origin. It offers real advantages,
including a great range and minimal charging times, for heavy and
intensive transport, like taxis and the vehicles in Paris 2024’s
official fleet that will be in continuous use.
As a world leader in hydrogen production, Air Liquide will draw
on the expertise it has developed over 60 years and its low-carbon
and renewable hydrogen production capacities. The Group is
currently launching, piloting and developing some of the most
important projects around the world to decarbonize industry and
transport. To accelerate the development of hydrogen as part of the
energy transition, Air Liquide has committed to developing a total
installed electrolysis capacity of 3 gigawatts by 2030.
Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024, explains: “To
ensure that we achieve our goal of making these Games more
sustainable in response to climate change, we've rethought all the
major features of the Games. By supplying hydrogen of renewable
origin for the vehicles for athletes and officials, Air Liquide
will help us reduce the carbon footprint of the Games. Thanks, Air
Liquide, for your commitment as an Official Supporter of Paris
2024. We’re thrilled to have you on board!”
François Jackow, Chief Executive Officer of the Air
Liquide Group, adds: “Air Liquide and Paris 2024 share the same
ambition: implementing concrete solutions to meet the challenge of
climate change. That's what our partnership is all about. Beyond
the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, this partnership will
accelerate the wide-scale adoption of hydrogen to decarbonize heavy
and intensive transport, including taxis. The challenge is huge,
and it is only by working together that we will succeed!”
Air Liquide’s contribution to the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Paris 2024 in brief:
- Air Liquide will supply the hydrogen for some of the
vehicles in Paris 2024’s official fleet - several hundred
hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai cars.
- The hydrogen supplied by Air Liquide will be of renewable
origin, meaning that it will be produced from water
electrolysis or biomethane with guarantees of origin.
Images available from the Air Liquide press Department.
Committed to the Performance Pact, an
initiative of the French Sport Foundation, Air Liquide, via its
French subsidiary Air Liquide France Industrie, supports Laura
Tarantola, Olympic silver medalist in rowing, and Thibaud
Rigaudeau, European silver medalist and World silver medalist in
paratriathlon, providing support both for their sporting and
professional careers.
Air Liquide and hydrogen
In accordance with the 2015 Paris Agreements and in response to
the urgency of climate change, Air Liquide is committed to
achieving the carbon neutrality of its activities by 2050. As a
hydrogen pioneer, the Group is convinced that this molecule has a
vital role to play in the success of the energy transition. Over
the last 60 years, the Group has developed unique expertise in
hydrogen; today, it is a leader in the production and distribution
of low-carbon and renewable hydrogen and a world leader in liquid
hydrogen. The Group is responsible for launching, piloting and
developing some of today’s most important projects in the world to
decarbonize industry and transport. Air Liquide has made a number
of commitments to accelerate the development of hydrogen as part of
the energy transition and will develop a total electrolysis
capacity of 3 GW by 2030.
Find out more about hydrogen and Air Liquide’s initiatives
About Air Liquide
A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry
and Health, Air Liquide is present in 73 countries with
approximately 67,100 employees and serves more than 3.9 million
customers and patients Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential
small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air
Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the
company’s activities since its creation in 1902.
Taking action today while preparing the future is at the heart
of Air Liquide’s strategy. With ADVANCE, its strategic plan for
2025, Air Liquide is targeting a global performance, combining
financial and extra-financial dimensions. Positioned on new
markets, the Group benefits from major assets such as its business
model combining resilience and strength, its ability to innovate
and its technological expertise. The Group develops solutions
contributing to climate and the energy transition — particularly
with hydrogen — and takes action to progress in areas of
healthcare, digital and high technologies.
Air Liquide’s revenue amounted to more than 29.9 billion euros
in 2022. Air Liquide is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange
(compartment A) and belongs to the CAC 40, CAC 40 ESG, EURO STOXX
50, FTSE4Good and DJSI Europe indexes.
www.airliquide.com
About Paris 2024
The Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Paris 2024 (Paris 2024) has the task of planning for, organizing,
financing and delivering the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris
in 2024 in accordance with the host city contract signed by the
International Olympic Committee (IOC), the French National Olympic
and Sports Committee (CNOSF) and the City of Paris. The Olympic and
Paralympic Games are the leading sports event in the world and have
a unique media impact, bringing together some 10,500 Olympic and
4,350 Paralympic athletes respectively representing 206 and 182
delegations from five continents. The Games are followed by over 13
million spectators and 4 billion viewers around the world and their
impact as a global event of great sporting, economic and cultural
importance is unparalleled. Founded in January 2018, Paris 2024 is
headed by Tony Estanguet, a three-time Olympic champion and IOC
member. It is administered by an Executive Board (EB) that brings
together all the project’s founding members: CNOSF, the City of
Paris, the state, the Île-de-France Region, CPSF, the Greater Paris
Metropolitan Area, the Seine-Saint-Denis Departmental Council and
representatives of the local authorities involved in the Games.
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