Plug Power has signed a long-term hydrogen distribution agreement with Praxair, North America’s largest liquid hydrogen producer, which will allow Plug Power to offer Praxair hydrogen to its US customers using the company’s GenKey hydrogen fuel cell system.
The GenKey system consists of three separate elements: GenDrive fuel cell units, GenFuel hydrogen fuel and infrastructure and GenCare maintenance service.
Praxair recently announced it was building a steam methane reformer to increase the supply of hydrogen for customers served from its liquid hydrogen plant in Niagara Falls, New York. When completed in 2015, Praxair’s Niagara Falls liquid hydrogen production capacity will increase by 50 percent.