The company is the developer, owner and operator of the True Zero brand of retail stations, which currently represents the largest retail hydrogen station network in the world. French firm Air Liquide will invest more than $ 150 m building a liquid hydrogen plant in California . It is the first large - scale investment in the supply chain infrastructure aimed at supporting hydrogen fuel solutions , ahead of the deployment of 40,000 fuel cell electric vehicles in the state by 2022 . Work on the plant is set to begin next year and , when complete , will have a daily capacity of almost 30 mt , enough to fuel 35,000 fuel cell electric vehicles . Air Liquide has also signed a long - term take - off agreement with retail hydrogen market leader FirstElement Fuel , and is set to make an investment in the US company .
French firm Air Liquide will invest more than $ 150 m building a liquid hydrogen plant in California . It is the first large - scale investment in the supply chain infrastructure aimed at supporting hydrogen fuel solutions , ahead of the deployment of 40,000 fuel cell electric vehicles in the state by 2022 . Work on the plant is set to begin next year and , when complete , will have a daily capacity of almost 30 mt , enough to fuel 35,000 fuel cell electric vehicles . Air Liquide has also signed a long - term take - off agreement with retail hydrogen market leader FirstElement Fuel , and is set to make an investment in the US company .