Air Liquide opens Oguchi hydrogen station, in Japan

Air Liquide Japan Ltd. is opening a hydrogen station in Oguchi in Aichi Prefecture. Oguchi is located in the northwestern part of Aichi prefecture, a convenient place where numerous trunk roads run close by. The station will commence operation from May 25th, and frequent use by the residents and companies in the broader Chubu Area is expected.

The Oguchi Hydrogen Station is the second Air Liquide station deployed in the frame of the Japan Hydrogen Mobility (JHyM) national consortium, following the station opened in Gamagori on April 28, 2019, and the fourth within the Aichi prefecture (including the two stations already in operation at Nagoya Atsuta and Toyota Interchange Hydrogen Stations). Aichi prefecture has the largest number of registered fuel cell vehicle drivers in Japan- over 1,000 as of present- and frequent use by these drivers is expected.

Oguchi is located north of Nagoya, and close to the Komaki Interchange. Route 41 crosses through Oguchi, while the Tokai Hokuriku Expressway runs on the western side of the town. The new station has good access from the Meishin Highway, Tomei Highway and Chuo Highway.

Gamagori Hydrogen Station has been installed with an Air Liquide-designed packaged system that combines a compressor and hydrogen storage. In applying this system, Air Liquide can build new station in a very limited time frame at a very efficient cost.

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