The Albany facility is targeted to support semiconductor, healthcare, aerospace and advanced industrial customers throughout the Northeast technology corridor.
Canada-based Charbone Corp. On May 6 declared the launch of its first U.S. Hydrogen hub in Albany, New York, increasing the company’s North American network for manufacturing, storage and distribution of extremely-high-purity hydrogen and industrial gases.
The Albany facility, operated by subsidiary Charbone Corporation USA, is the corporation’s third hub overall and its first in the US. As per the corporation, the site is located to give industrial clients in sectors such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, healthcare, aerospace and advanced production procedures.
Charbone stated that the hub supports its approach to build an incorporated hydrogen infrastructure platform across North America targeted on industrial and technology markets needing high-purity gases and dependable regional supply. The corporation added that the Albany region offers access to a developing Northeast technology and production corridor.
The declaration comes amid expand investment in hydrogen manufacturing systems, electrolyzer technology and helping infrastructure throughout the chemical and industrial sectors.
Toronto-headquartered Armstrong Industrial and Norway-based Hystar recently announced a partnership to evolve modular hydrogen manufacturing systems starting from 1 MW to 20 MW. The collaboration integrates proton exchange membrane stack technology with integrated balance-of-plant systems, including thermal management, gas handling and method controls, to help scalable industrial hydrogen manufacturing.
Other hydrogen-associated ventures also are advancing in Europe and Asia. Asahi Kasei stated it is expanding hydrogen ventures tied to chlor-alkali and electrolyzer technologies, which including deployment of a containerized alkaline-water electrolyzer at a hydrogen refueling station in Finland. The corporation stated the 1 MW-magnificence system is anticipated to supply as much as 400 kilograms of hydrogen per day for fuel cell vehicles and buses while assisting hydrogen infrastructure development in cold-weather operating environments.
In another current development, Schneider Electric and Microsoft expanded collaboration on AI-enabled automation systems for green hydrogen operations. The corporation showed the technology via a deployment in India using a solid oxide electrolyzer system designed for autonomous hydrogen manufacturing. As per the corporation, the AI-driven controls are intended to improve energy performance, predictive maintenance and process optimization while lowering hydrogen manufacturing costs.
