Air Products to Build Second Liquid Hydrogen Production Facility in California

Air Products has announced plans to build a second liquid hydrogen production facility in California. The company stated that project development work is already underway with an anticipated facility onstream during the first quarter of 2021.

“Current customer demand for liquid hydrogen is driving the need for this new investment as we are experiencing growth from many traditional market segments, for which a reliable source of this product is vitally important. Additionally, this new capacity will be available for the steadily increasing demand from hydrogen fuel cell vehicles,” said Marie Ffolkes, president, Americas at Air Products.

This is the second new liquid hydrogen plant in the United States that Air Products has announced in the past few months. In Sept. 2018, Air Products announced plans to build a new liquid hydrogen plant at its La Porte, Texas facility, which will be supplied hydrogen from Air Products’ Gulf Coast pipeline network. The La Porte project is also anticipated to be onstream in 2021. Air Products has existing liquid hydrogen production assets operating in New Orleans, La. and Sacramento, Calif. in the United States; Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; and Rotterdam in The Netherlands.

Additionally, Air Products has plans to double the size of its Wilmington hydrogen transfill system, and to commission a new hydrogen transfill systems in Long Beach and Santa Clara for vehicle fueling, Ffolkes noted. Air Products has also increased the number of dual-phase trailers, capable of both transporting and off-loading hydrogen to a fueling station, transfill station, or customer supply tank. According to the company, all these investments increase hydrogen supply chain reliability. In addition, Air Products stated that it is in the evaluation phase of adding further renewable hydrogen capacity from multiple sources in preparation for California’s increased FCV demand.

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