PARIS, France (June 16, 2023) — On the event of the tenth Paris Air Discussion board, Air Liquide and Groupe ADP introduced the creation of Hydrogen Airport, the primary engineering and consulting three way partnership specializing in serving to airports combine hydrogen tasks inside their infrastructures. The governance crew is in place and the three way partnership has begun industrial actions.
This three way partnership was created following a examine carried out collectively with Airbus in 2021 specializing in feasibility research to facilitate the introduction of hydrogen planes in roughly 30 airports all over the world. This partnership displays the teams’ shared ambition to start out making ready for the rollout of carbon-free aviation worldwide.
The vary of providers offered covers all of the challenges of integrating hydrogen power:
The estimation of the volumes required over time.
The optimization of logistics based mostly on the particular necessities of the airport and its location.
Preliminary security and carbon impression research.
Price evaluation and funding roadmap growth.
Hydrogen Airport is focusing on a worldwide market, with preliminary enterprise growth efforts centered on roughly 200 worldwide and regional airports of a given essential dimension situated in present or future hydrogen hubs (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific).
Within the framework of this three way partnership, Air Liquide brings its experience in hydrogen, which ranges from the manufacturing of renewable or low-carbon hydrogen, to liquefaction, storage, and the distribution of hydrogen for plane. Groupe ADP contributes its experience in airport infrastructure and operations.
The governance construction is as follows:
Hydrogen Airport’s Operational Administrators are:
Matthieu Piron, Basic Supervisor
Sébastien Lichtle, Chief Technical Officer
Hydrogen Airport’s Board of Administrators is made up of:
Thierry de Séverac, Chairman of the Board of Hydrogen Airport and Director of Engineering & Capital Initiatives at Groupe ADP
Amélie Lummaux, Director of Sustainable Growth and Public Affairs, Groupe ADP
Dominique Rouge, Vice-President Gross sales & Know-how at Air Liquide Engineering & Development
Eric Prades, Vice-President Vitality Transition Partnerships, Hydrogen Vitality World Enterprise Line, Air Liquide Group
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