Airgas Inc. signed a three-year agreement for its regional companies to market and distribute Proton Energy Systems Inc.'s proprietary HOGEN® on-site hydrogen generation systems to customers in the U.S.

Airgas Inc. (Wallingford, Conn.; http://www.airgas.com) signed a three-year agreement for its regional companies to market and distribute Proton Energy Systems Inc.'s proprietary HOGEN® on-site hydrogen generation systems to customers in the U.S. Proton Energy Systems (Radnor, Pa.; http://www.protonenergy.com) is a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems Corp. According to Proton Energy Systems, the HOGEN systems offer economic and operational improvements that help reduce windage losses and optimize equipment, resulting in fuel savings, less air pollution, elimination of redundant equipment and extended generator life.