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AIR PRODUCTS TO SUPPLY HYDROGEN INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR THE GROVE FUEL CELL SYMPOSIUM
11th September 2003 — Air Products plc will
showcase its position as the world's premier producer of
merchant hydrogen when the company supplies the hydrogen
needs for the Grove Fuel Cell Symposium at ExCel, London,
later this month (24th-26th September).
The Grove Fuel Cell Symposium is the one of the world's
largest and most important events for fuel cell and hydrogen
technology, comprising a multi-stream conference and major
exhibition and fuel cell demonstration area. Air Products,
whose decades of experience in hydrogen-fuelled transport
ranges through cars, commercial vans, buses, boats and even
naval submarines, will be supplying the hydrogen needs for
the show.
This includes cylinders for exhibitors and gas for several
demonstration vehicles, including two fuel-cell operated
Ford Focus cars.
For Air Products, the event represents an opportunity for
the company to raise its profile within the UK hydrogen
energy community by highlighting the company's vast knowledge
and understanding of producing, storing, safe handling and
transporting hydrogen. The company has experience in over
20 hydrogen-fuelling transport projects in the USA, Germany,
Italy and Asia.
Air Products operates 60 hydrogen production facilities
across several continents and transports more than 300 million
litres of hydrogen per year.
The development of fuelling infrastructure to support hydrogen
technology is the key to its successful growth, and this
will be the focus of a lecture to be delivered at the Grove
Conference by Ian Williamson, director, future energy solutions
at Air Products. He will explain how the company is meeting
some of the challenges through developments such as the
Series 100 Fuelling Station.
"It is already apparent that diverse transport projects
require different infrastructure solutions and we are helping
to bridge that gap," he said.
In addition to infrastructure and fuelling, another key
focus for Air Products is safety training and awareness,
and the company will be running an introductory session
to its KnowH2ow safety training at the show.
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