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BOC, TONGJI UNIVERSITY & SHELL HYDROGEN TO BUILD 1ST HYDROGEN REFUELLING STATION IN SHANGHAI
11 September 2006 - BOC Gases
| The BOC Group plc and Tongji University have signed a Letter of Intent to build the first hydrogen refuelling station in Shanghai. This project is part of the Ministry of Science and Technology’s national programme to commercialise fuel cell vehicles in China. The station is due to be completed by the end of 2006 and will refuel three buses and 20 cars. |
The BOC Group plc and Tongji University have signed a Letter of Intent to build the first hydrogen refuelling station in Shanghai. This project is part of the Ministry of Science and Technology’s national programme to commercialise fuel cell vehicles in China. The station is due to be completed by the end of 2006 and will refuel three buses and 20 cars. The project team led by Tongji University will be responsible overall for the project. BOC will provide engineering and procurement services needed to deliver the packaged hydrogen compression, storage, dispensing system and trucked in compressed gas hydrogen for the new station. Shell, which is funding part of the project, is working with Tongji University on the design, construction, maintenance and operations of the refuelling station. BOC has previously participated in trials with hydrogen-fuelled buses in London, Detroit, Vancouver and Perth, Australia.
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Through its PGS line of business, BOC supplies gas and related solutions to the chemicals, petroleum, glass, water services, electronic packaging, fibre optics, hydrogen energy, metals and food industries. BOC helps meet customer needs in a variety of ways, from the supply of a single gas or application through to designing, constructing and operating fully integrated gas and utilities schemes.The BOC Group, which serves two million customers in more than 50 countries, is one of the largest and most global of the world's leading gases companies. It employs some 44,500 people worldwide and had annual sales of over £4.3 billion in 2003. Further information about The BOC Group may be obtained on the Internet at www.boc.com The BOC Group has an international portfolio of companies grouped for management control and reporting into three lines of business: Process Gas Solutions, Industrial and Special Products, and BOC Edwards. It also has a specialist logistics business, Gist. |
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