For Philippe Cornille, General Secretary of the European Industrial Gases Association (EIGA), the two mega trends from the 2020 industrial gas year are saving lives under Covid-19 and hydrogen.
“As a major treatment intervention for patients with severe Covid-19, medical oxygen demand in hospitals in Europe has risen to unprecedented levels. This illustrates how instrumental ‘our’ oxygen has been, and how the medical gases sector was able to ensure and ramp up the supply of life-saving medical oxygen,” Cornille highlighted.
“The second mega trend relates to hydrogen, and its anticipated central role in the European Green Deal. Hydrogen is indeed more and more expected to play a key role in Europe’s ambitious decarbonisation goals.”
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