Air Liquide invests in the first world-scale oxygen production plant fit to accommodate renewable energy in the grid
Air Liquide announces an investment of 125 million euros to build the first world-scale Air Separation Unit (ASU) for oxygen production with an energy storage system that helps facilitate more renewable energy on the electricity grid due to its grid stabilizing capability.这种高效的厂房，电力消耗量减少10％，每天生产能力为2,200吨氧气，并将建造在荷兰的Moerdijk港。该项目说明了空中液化的战略在战略工业盆地中增长，以及集团的设计能力，符合其气候目标的能力过渡的创新解决方案。
The new ASU is designed to be built with theproprietary solution Alive™, an innovation that enables for more flexible units to combine customers’ needs and support transition to renewable energy. The system allows the storage of up to 40 MWh of energy, which corresponds to daily consumption of 4,000 households, enabling flexibility of the energy intake from the grid. While keeping a constant production for customers, it can accommodate the intermittency of renewable energy thus contributing to the growth of power cominG来自风电网上的风和太阳能。ASU计划在2022年进行运营。
The new Air Separation Unit will produce oxygen, nitrogen, and argon for industrial, food, and medical markets.It will be connected to Air Liquide’s extensive pipeline network, providingcustomers with a safe, flexible, and reliable supply to meet their growing demand. The strategic location of Moerdijk will enable to decrease bulk truck deliveries by an estimated 400,000km driven per year, contributing to a lower environmental footprint.
François.杰克, Executive Vice President and a member of the Air Liquide group’s Executive Committee, said:
«战斗气候变化是液化空气使命的核心，我们正在开发各种解决方案。这种在战略工业盆地的投资，具有一流的创新，阐述了我们与支持可再生能源兼容网格的解决方案的能力。根据我们的气候目标，我们致力于降低我们自己的资产和客户的碳足迹，并展示我们对低碳社会出现的贡献。»
Air Liquide in Benelux comprises subsidiaries active in the production, distribution, and sale of industrial and medical gases, technologies and services of the Air Liquide group through three of its sectors of activity: Large Industries, Industrial Merchant and Electronics. Founded in Belgium in 1906 and in the Netherlands in 1913 and in Luxembourg in 1931, Air Liquide currently operates 27 industrial sites throughout the Benelux. The Group currently employs approximately 1,200 people in this region, all activities taken together, and it supplies more than 65,000 customers and patients. Air Liquide in Benelux also operates the largest pipeline network in Europe, stretching 2,250 kilometers, which supplies the industrial basins from Mons to Rotterdam.
