Air Liquide to build a world-scale carbon capture unit

Air Liquide will capture the CO₂ from its existing world-scale hydrogen plant in the port of Rotterdam, leveraging Cryocap, a technological solution for CO₂ capture using a cryogenic process. Captured CO₂ will then be transported through the Porthos infrastructure, which is currently being developed, and permanently stored in depleted gas fields in the North Sea, approximately 20 km off the coast. The carbon capture unit will be operational in 2026. Through this project, Air Liquide will be able to supply hydrogen that will be significantly decarbonised, to its long-term customers, as contracted.

The Porthos infrastructure overall will enable to reduce emissions by 2.5 million tpy of CO₂ – equivalent to around 10% of the current Rotterdam industry CO₂ emissions. The EU has recognised Porthos as a major cross-border infrastructure project, contributing to the achievement of energy and climate policy objectives, and has included Porthos to the list of Project of Common Interest.

Emilie Mouren-Renouard, member of Air Liquide’s Executive Committee and CEO of the Europe Industries Hub, said: “We are pleased to take another concrete step to contribute to the decarbonisation of one of Europe’s largest industrial basins while participating to the development of Porthos. This new world-scale CO₂ capture unit illustrates our expertise and commitment to implementing decarbonisation solutions, both for our customers and our own assets, in line with the Group’s ADVANCE strategic plan to reduce its CO₂ emissions by 33% by 2035.”

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