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Nevada Hydrogen Factory Will Convert Gas From Garbage Into Fuel
Air Liquide plant near Las Vegas will use landfill methane to produce clean-burning gas.
An employee at the Air Liquide hydrogen plant in Port Jerome, France.
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The French industrial gas giant Air Liquide SA is opening a factory near Las Vegas this month that will convert methane from landfills into hydrogen to power emission-free cars and trucks.
The $250 million facility will have capacity to produce up to 30 tons of liquid hydrogen per day, enough for about 40,000 fuel-cell vehicles, Mike Graff, head of Air Liquide’s U.S. operations, said in an interview.