New Facility Allows Air Products to Target Growth for Mobility Market

Air Products’ new liquid hydrogen plant at its La Porte, TX facility is onstream to supply increasing demand in several customer markets. The new La Porte liquid hydrogen plant produces approximately 30 tons per day and will draw its hydrogen to be liquefied from Air Products’ existing Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network, the world’s largest hydrogen plant and pipeline system.

“We invested in this new liquid hydrogen production facility in Texas to show our commitment to our customers, and to help meet current and future demand. The addition of this new capacity also will allow us to target the increased growth we anticipate from several markets, namely the hydrogen for mobility market,” said Francesco Maione, president, Americas at Air Products.

Maione added that Air Products also plans to build a green liquid hydrogen production facility in the Southwest U.S. The zero-carbon facility will produce liquid hydrogen to be sold to the hydrogen for mobility market in California and other locations requiring zero-carbon hydrogen fuel.

Hydrogen will be delivered to customers in trailers from the La Porte facility. Air Products recently announced its intent to convert its global fleet of approximately 2,000 distribution vehicles to hydrogen fuel cell zero emission vehicles starting in 2022.