Daimler, Linde and Total open new public hydrogen station in Germany

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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