It isn’t but clear what number of stations the community will include. That may probably rely totally on subsidies. In response to the corporate, the stations are supposed for gas cell vans and buses and “will assist guarantee reliability and comfort for heavy-duty transportation powered by hydrogen.”
Air Merchandise has already obtained subsidies from the EU Fee as a part of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding programme for some present and deliberate H2 filling stations in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany, in addition to from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for 2 H2 filling stations in Meckenheim and Duisburg.
The latter is a part of Mercedes-Benz’s GenH2 buyer trials. Air Merchandise is without doubt one of the prospects testing the gas cell truck below real-life situations and for transporting bottled gases. The corporate says that the truck can refuel at “Air Merchandise’ newest cellular fuelling station in Duisburg.” You’ll be able to learn extra in regards to the buyer trials and refuelling necessities for the GenH2 truck right here.
However Air Merchandise shouldn’t be solely trying to arrange hydrogen networks in Europe. It additionally just lately introduced its intention to construct hydrogen refuelling station networks from Northern to Southern California within the US and between Edmonton and Calgary in Canada. In each circumstances, the refuelling stations will cater to heavy- and light-duty FCEVs.
“Every state-of-the-art, high-capacity, high-reliability station will have the ability to gas as much as 200 heavy-duty vans or 2,000 vehicles per day,” mentioned Alison Hawkins, Air Merchandise’ Common Supervisor – Hydrogen for Mobility, Americas, in regards to the plan for California. “These stations can be a key driver to assist California on its highway to a zero-emissions transportation future.”
For Canada, Rachel Smith, vp and normal supervisor of Air Merchandise Canada, added: “In Canada, hydrogen is important to decarbonizing transportation the place heavy-duty autos journey lengthy distances in excessive temperatures. We’re excited to be activating Canada’s first hydrogen hall right here in Alberta.”
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