Allentown-based Air Products, an industrial gases company, and Baker Hughes, an advanced hydrogen compression and gas turbine technology company, recently entered into a global collaboration to develop next-generation hydrogen compression to lower production costs and accelerate the adoption of hydrogen as a zero-carbon fuel.
Baker Hughes will provide Air Products with advanced hydrogen compression and gas turbine technology. This technology includes advanced compression technology for the NEOM carbon-free hydrogen project in Saudi Arabia and NovaLT16 turbines for Air Products’ net-zero hydrogen energy complex in Canada.
“Air Products chose Baker Hughes for its leading-edge compression and gas turbine offerings and robust hydrogen experience,” said Dr. Samir J. Serhan, Air Products chief operation officer. “This advanced technology is another key step toward achieving economically viable blue and green hydrogen and net-zero targets.”
Air Products, the world’s largest hydrogen producer, brings plant operations and project execution experience and hydrogen supply chain strength to the collaboration. Baker Hughes brings seminal technology and experience.
Baker Hughes’ first hydrogen compressor was developed in 1962, and it currently operates more than 2,000 units worldwide. Its hydrogen portfolio includes gas turbines that can burn methane gas and hydrogen blends from as little as 5 percent to as much as 100 percent hydrogen.