Air Liquide intensifies hydrogen focus
Firm has made investments in industry, air and road transport as it looks to take advantage of national hydrogen strategies
Industrial gases group Air Liquide is focusing more on hydrogen in its business model as it looks to take advantage of growing interest in low-carbon forms of the fuel. Energy transition investments represented 42pc of the firm’s overall expenditure in the third quarter, according to Chief Financial Officer Jerome Pelletan. “We are well positioned to be one of the companies to convert the high potential of hydrogen in the energy transition into concrete business opportunities,” he said on a third-quarter results call. “Our strategy is to lead the emergence of industrial applications supporting transition into low-carbon manufacturing while enabling the mobility market.” The firm launched th
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