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NEWS-CONTINUED
Anglo American Platinum
Investing in US Hydrogen
Refueling Stations
Anglo American Platinum is investing $4
million in United Hydrogen Group (UHG)
to help reduce the delivered costs of hydro-
gen and support the development of hydro-
gen refueling stations for fuel cell electric
vehicles (FCEVs) in the northeast corridor
of the United States. The goal of the
investment is to bolster demand for plat-
inum used in FCEVs.
The investment is part of an ongoing
Anglo American Platinum program to pro-
vide early-stage and growth capital to
companies that can demonstrate the com-
mercial viability of their products or of a
technology that in turn consumes or
enables the consumption of platinum
group metals. Hydrogen-powered FCEVs
have a role to play in reducing vehicle
emissions, and Anglo American Platinum
anticipates that they will drive increased
future demand for platinum from the auto-
mobile industry.
UHG currently
distributes gaseous
and liquid hydrogen
to industrial cus-
tomers and owns a
hydrogen refueling
station in New York.
The company has
ambitious plans to
introduce new tech-
nologies to the hy-
drogen distribution
market and open
new frontiers for hy-
drogen refueling
infrastructure for FCEVs.
Anglo American Platinum's investment
in UHG aims to reduce the delivered costs
of hydrogen and support the development of
hydrogen refueling stations. UHG's business
and its plans for growth are complementary
to Anglo American Platinum's existing port-
folio of investments, which include invest-
ments in two global fuel cell companies,
Ballard Power Systems and Altergy Systems.
UHG will work closely with Hydro-
genious Technologies on delivered hydro-
gen logistics and costs. Together, these
companies expect to reduce the cost of
ownership for FCEVs and lay the founda-
tion for mass adoption of the zero emis-
sions technology.
Andrew Hinkly, executive head of
marketing at Anglo American Platinum,
said, "We ultimately want to reduce the
cost of delivered hydrogen and increase
access to hydrogen refueling stations. Our
investment in UHG goes a long way toward
achieving both of these goals."
Anglo American Platinum has leased this Hyundai ix35 fuel cell car for use in London
over the next four years, in support of early adoption and commercial acceptance of
hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles in the U.K.
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