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Air Liquide China, Shenergy and SCIP Investment are set to transform China’s Shanghai Chemical Industry Park into a hydrogen hotspot that will showcase the city’s largest-scale hydrogen filling centre, with a capacity of 24-tonnes per day.
Air Liquide: Appointments
Pascal Vinet, a member of the Executive Committee of the Air Liquide Group (Paris:AI), is appointed
Group Vice President supervising the operations in Europe Industries, Africa, Middle-East and India starting September 15, 2021. He will also supervise the Safety function at Group level.
CEO of Airgas, Inc. since its acquisition in 2016, and up to July 1, 2021, Pascal Vinet led its successful integration and development within the Air Liquide Group.
Marcelo Fioranelli is appointed as the new
CEO of Airgas Inc., effective July 1, 2021.
After joining the Group in 2001, Marcelo Fioranelli was appointed Director of Operations of Air Liquide Brazil in 2006, and subsequently General Manager in 2008. In 2013, Marcelo was appointed CEO and President of Air Liquide China, as well as becoming Vice President for the Greater China Cluster in 2016. In 2019, Marcelo Fioranelli joined the Americas hub as Senior Vice President, in charge of the Industrial Merchant
Nuclear plants could be the ‘perfect component’ for green hydrogen production
In the current climate, nuclear power plants find it difficult to compete with cheaper natural gas and renewable energy generation meaning that many are forced to retire early with no short-term way of destroying nuclear reactors.
However, the investigation conducted by AES-100 has revealed that nuclear plants could be used as a perfect component to produce green hydrogen whilst ensuring a stable power output and maximising efficiency.
The excess electricity and steam produced by the nuclear reactor could be used to produce hydrogen in times when the reactor would originally have to be turned down due to less demand from the grid.