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Linde to showcase its hydrogen leadership at 2016 Shell Eco-marathon

DGAP-Media / 03.03.2016 / 14:02

Linde to showcase its hydrogen leadership at 2016 Shell Eco-marathon

Sixth consecutive year as the event's exclusive hydrogen supplier

Munich, 3 March 2016 - The technology company The Linde Group will support
this year's Shell Eco-marathon (SEM) as a global partner by supplying
participating fuel cell-powered vehicles with hydrogen (H2). 2016 will be
the sixth consecutive year of Linde's involvement in the event series. SEM
is a unique competition that challenges students around the world to
design, build and drive the most energy-efficient car.

Linde will step up its game by not only managing the hydrogen logistics and
providing technical support and advice to the teams who use hydrogen fuel
cells for their competition vehicles. The company will also showcase some
of its latest developments in zero-emission hydrogen mobility.

"We are proud to be the event's exclusive hydrogen partner by once again
supplying ready-to-install cylinders free of charge to the fuel cell
teams," said Markus Bachmeier, Head of Hydrogen Solutions at Linde. "We are
convinced that hydrogen as an energy carrier has the potential to
fundamentally secure our future energy supply and make it more
environmentally friendly. We look forward to meeting these highly qualified
students from around the world who share our vision to offer them our
technical assistance and to exchange ideas."

With three annual events in Asia, the Americas and Europe, student teams
take to the track to see who goes farthest on the least amount of fuel. A
total of 53 race teams have registered in the fuel cell category at the
2016 events, scheduled for 3-6 March in Manila, Philippines, 22-24 April in
Detroit, USA, and 30 June-3 July as part of "Make the Future London", held
at the iconic Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

The London event will feature Linde's innovative hydrogen-powered e-bike.
It was developed by Linde engineers to demonstrate the dual advantage of
hydrogen mobility - a long range and a short refuelling window of just a
few minutes. The compact fuel cell that replaces the battery usually found
on e-bikes supports assisted pedalling over a range in excess of 100
kilometres with only 34 grams of hydrogen on board. Linde plans to produce
the H2 bike only as a limited prototype series.

Shell Eco-marathon Europe participants and visitors to "Make the Future
London" will also be able to get first-hand impressions of Linde's mobile
"traiLH2(TM)-gas" refuelling unit. It features a compact version of Linde's
state-of-the-art compression technology on a 14-metre trailer, enabling the
supply of up to 240 kilograms of hydrogen even in places where a stationary