This historic donation comes after Air Products announced plans to build a new facility in Louisiana to create clean hydrogen using technology that dramatically reduces the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This safe technology will store carbon dioxide deep under Lake Maurepas, and the company’s leaders knew they had to ensure the Lake Maurepas ecosystem was studied and protected as their Louisiana Clean Energy Complex project becomes operational. This is why the company is supporting a three-year, nearly $10 million project for independent biomonitoring research of Lake Maurepas by Southeastern Louisiana University, which will independently monitor the environmental health and safety of the lake during the construction and operation of the Louisiana Clean Energy Complex.
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“We realized from the outset that we needed comprehensive and independent monitoring of Lake Maurepas and said so publicly early in our work on this clean energy project,” said Louisiana Clean Energy Project Manager at Air Products Andrew Connolly. “We are pleased to have Southeastern serve this important role. Their scientists have been studying this ecosystem for decades and, with the Turtle Cove Environmental Research Station, they are singularly and best qualified to conduct this monitoring study.” All of this investment is in addition to supporting the community around Lake Maurepas through the Lake Maurepas Community Fund, which is a $1 million annual commitment to community projects around the Lake.
