Hydrogen Fueling
When used in the heavy-duty transportation and heavy industrial sectors of our economy, hydrogen energy can help reduce global emissions by 20%.*
As the world's leading hydrogen supplier, Air Products has the experience and technical expertise to apply hydrogen energy solutions to a variety of industries and applications. We offer safe, commercial-scale, clean hydrogen supply to meet your needs—so you can meet your sustainability goals.
How does hydrogen fueling work and is it safe?
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What is hydrogen?
Hydrogen is the universe’s most basic element, with just one proton and one electron. It’s also the most abundant element in the universe, comprising 75% of all matter. It’s found chemically combined with other elements, such as water (which has two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom in every molecule of H₂O).
Where does hydrogen come from?
Steam-methane reforming is the most common method for producing hydrogen today. Hydrogen can be produced with significantly reduced emissions if the CO₂ byproduct is captured and stored in a process called carbon capture for sequestration.
Hydrogen can be produced with zero emissions through electrolysis, where an electrical current is used to separate water molecules (H₂O) into hydrogen and oxygen gas (H₂ + O₂). If the electricity used to produce the electrolysis reaction was sourced from renewable energy—wind, solar, or hydropower—the hydrogen is considered “green.” Green hydrogen can then be transported to fueling stations, dispensed, and used to power vehicles with zero emissions.
What kind of vehicles can be powered by hydrogen?
Hydrogen can power cars, trucks, buses, and even ships, trains, and airplanes.
How can hydrogen help decarbonize transportation?
In applications where vehicle weight is very large or the range needed is long, hydrogen becomes a more efficient option than battery electric power. Hydrogen can power a vehicle using a fuel cell. Since the only emission of hydrogen-powered engines is water, replacing fossil-fuel-burning vehicles with hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will lead to a decrease in air pollutants, including carbon dioxide and particulate matter.
What is Air Products' role in producing clean hydrogen?
To quickly scale clean hydrogen production to decarbonize heavy industry and heavy transportation and to support meeting the world’s 2050 net-zero goal, Air Products is building several of the largest low- and zero-carbon hydrogen plants in the world.
Reasons to convert to hydrogen fueling with Air Products
Air Products is the world's leading supplier of hydrogen with over 65 years of experience in hydrogen production, storage, distribution and dispensing. We've implemented over 250 fueling stations in 20 countries, and our technology and hydrogen is responsible for over 1.5 million hydrogen fuelings annually.
Faster Refueling
Compared to electric vehicles, which can take hours to recharge, hydrogen vehicles can be refueled about as quickly as diesel vehicles.
Turnkey Hydrogen Fueling Stations
Air Products develops and delivers everything you need to get started.
Unrivaled Hydrogen Experience
Air Products has >65 years of experience safely producing and handling hydrogen.
Decarbonize with hydrogen fuel.
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