Air Liquide (AL) has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the China Three Gorges Renewables and China Three Gorges Corporation Jiangsu Branch, subsidiaries of China Three Gorges, to purchase a total of 200 MW of renewable power per year in China.

This is the first long-term PPA signed by AL in China.

The renewable electricity will come from solar and wind farms located in the province of Jiangsu. The generated electricity will reduce by up to 120,000 tonnes the CO2 emissions per year compared to today’s emissions. This is comparable to the electricity-related emissions of more than 300,000 Chinese households.

This agreement, which will start in January 2024, will allow AL to produce gases with a lower carbon footprint at competitive prices and give customers the ability to add more renewable content in their end products.