Daimler, Linde and Total open new public hydrogen station in Germany
The network of hydrogen filling stations in Germany is growing: Daimler, Linde, Total, and the Centre
for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) jointly hosted the official
opening of another hydrogen fuel pump in Ulm. After openings at the Geiselwind motorway service
area, at two locations in Berlin, and a station in Fellbach, Baden-Württemberg, the partners have
now taken a further step towards a nationwide H2 supply network.
To date, 21 hydrogen filling stations have been completed in Germany. They are funded as research
and development projects by the German federal government through the National Innovation
Program for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NIP). The existing filling stations already reach
some six million people in the metropolitan regions of Berlin, Hamburg, the Rhine/Ruhr, Stuttgart
and Munich. Seven stations are located in Baden-Württemberg alone, with five more planned in the
region.
Total operates the hydrogen pump in Ulm and paid for its construction. Located on the grounds of
ZSW on Helmholtzstrasse, it is part of the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP).
Klaus Bonhoff, Managing Director of the National Organization for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell
Technology (NOW), said: “The system – from hydrogen production to refueling, through to the
customer’s vehicle – works. This is one of the most important results of the National Innovation
Program for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology, which expires in its current form at the end 2016.
As part of the Clean Energy Partnership, the federal government has invested more than 110 million
euros of funding in testing the technology for its suitability for everyday use since 2008. Now, in a
first expansion stage, 50 hydrogen filling stations are being built, jointly funded by government and
industry. The filling station in Ulm, whose construction and operation the federal government is
funding with close to a million euros, closes the Munich-Stuttgart corridor.”
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