It is increasingly difficult for traditional downstream industries to expand their markets, and global industrial gas giants have begun betting on some emerging areas. Although still relying on government subsidies, emerging markets including solar energy, carbon dioxide capture and shale gas exploration, and new energy vehicles will provide new opportunities for green gas growth for industrial gas producers. In the fierce market competition, the giants are closely deploying and speeding up the seizure of new sites. Focus on photovoltaic customers The oversupply of PV modules will lead to the integration and further restructuring of leading solar manufacturers. Linde's strategy is to focus on investment in leading manufacturers. On February 23, the group released news that its Linde Gas Division has signed more than 25 new contracts and renewed contracts with leading global thin-film and crystalline silicon manufacturers, including important strategies with several companies. Meaningful new contracts, such as Germany’s Schüco and Bosch, China’s GCL (Group), expansion of Suntech Power, Trina Solar, and Modi’s business. Linde's global PV customers have achieved a capacity of 17.4 GW. Praxair currently provides services to more than 50 photovoltaic manufacturing companies worldwide, with a total capacity of more than 6 GW. On January 24, the company announced that it has won three new contracts for solar customers in China. Under the new contract, Praxair will supply silane, ammonia and bulk gases to Shanxi Luan Solar Technology Co., Ltd., supply silane to Jiangsu Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd., and supply silane and ammonia to Shandong Jining Runfeng Electric Power Co., Ltd. gas. According to the company's statistics, Praxair has won more than 15 new solar energy contracts in the past year. In the middle of last year, Air Liquide France announced the signing of more than 10 long-term contracts with PV companies in China, Malaysia and Japan. These include the signing of an agreement with Jiangsu Yixing Guodian Solar Energy Group to provide a complete turnkey solution including gas and advanced materials supply, equipment and installation, and on-site service; and signing a long-term contract with global solar cell giant Suntech Power for its new plant. Provide nitrogen, equipment and on-site service. In September last year, Air Products announced that it will provide a leading Malaysian PV manufacturer with solutions to support the construction of its customers' photovoltaic facilities in New Malacca. The supply contracts for this turnkey project include nitrogen, hydrogen, argon and Oxygen, long-term supply of specialty gases such as silanes, nitrogen trifluoride, and related gas supply equipment. Fight for carbon capture funding At present, for the industrial sector, the cost and technical bottlenecks of carbon dioxide capture and storage have not yet been completely overcome, and industrial gas companies have seen the opportunities. In October last year, Air Liquide announced that it will participate in the world's first commercial oxyfuel combustion power generation and CO2 capture and storage project - FutureGen 2.0. The project began on October 1, 2010, and included engineering research and economic analysis. It intends to use clean coal technology to reopen Ameren Energy’s 200 megawatt power plant in Meledonia, Illinois, and will then consider further expansion. US Secretary of Energy Zhu Shuwen previously stated that he will use funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to fund the project. Air Liquide has been investing in oxy-fuel combustion technology and successfully participated in pilot projects in the United States, France and Australia. Michael Graff, president and chief executive officer of Air Liquide USA, said: "Oxygen combustion is one of the main ways to reduce CO2 emissions from coal combustion and other combustion processes. Future generation 2.0 projects will provide this potential for unlimited carbon capture. The foundation for the future application of technology." The CO2 capture project for air chemical products in Texas was also funded by the U.S. Department of Energy last year. Air Products will design, construct, and operate a U.S. state-of-the-art system to capture the CO2 generated in the two methane steam reformers (SMR) at Valero Oil Refinery in Port Arthur, both of which are generated by SMR installations. Hydrogen will be used to produce cleaner transportation fuels. The captured CO2 will be purified and piped to Texas Oil Company for enhanced oil recovery. The project will recover approximately 1 million tons of CO2 per year. Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle Demonstration "Encouragement" With the economic and social development and people’s increasing awareness of environmental protection, more and more clean power cars have been put into the market, among which hydrogen-fueled cars have opened up new market spaces for gas producers. The Mercedes-Benz team that is currently cruising in North America has attracted worldwide attention since it departed from Stuttgart, Germany, on January 30. The three hydrogen fuel cell cars will travel through 14 countries in 125 days and eventually return to Germany. Complete global travel with a total mileage of 30,000 kilometers. The hydrogen fuel needed for this global journey project was supplied by Linde's mobile hydrogen storage tank. Air Products last year supplied hydrogen to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles used at the Guangzhou Asian Games and Asian Paralympics. This is after the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the company once again provided supporting services for the demonstration project of new energy vehicles in China. Ningbo Dasky Life Science/ Eralab Scientific Instrument(HK)Co., Limited. , https://www.daskyswab.com