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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