Premiere at the hydrogen refuelling station: First truck successfully refuelled
Milestone in the test phase of the “H2-Hub Neumünster”
On August 29, the first hydrogen-powered truck, a Hyundai XCIENT FuelCell, was successfully refueled at the new hydrogen filling station of the H2-Hub in Neumünster during the test phase. Now that this milestone has been reached, we are making great strides towards the opening of the site on the B-205. The filling station is due to go into regular operation this year and will be made available to the public for refueling trucks and cars with gaseous green hydrogen. Further tests will form the basis for this.
Herbert Voigt GmbH & Co. KG was the first company from the group of partners to receive a fuel cell truck. KG has received a fuel cell truck. Through the vehicle rental company hylane GmbH from Cologne, Voigt Logistik was able to successfully meet the current challenges in the market: The demand for hydrogen-based commercial vehicles today meets a very limited supply. Challenges in the development of the vehicles, supply bottlenecks and registration requirements are leading to long delivery times. Holger Matzen, Business Developer Contract Logistics at Voigt, is therefore all the more pleased to see significant progress in the field of the new drive technology: “It is with great pleasure that we are now the first freight forwarding and logistics company in Schleswig-Holstein to offer transportation with an emission-free hydrogen-powered truck,” says Matzen. This marks the beginning of the time for our innovative company to gain experience with this new drive technology and gradually replace fossil fuels in favor of emission-free trucks.” The vehicle will be provided by hylane GmbH, which will lease the truck to customers from the logistics and retail sectors specifically for this use.
After the phases of development, planning and construction of the hydrogen filling station by Hypion GmbH, Dr. Stefan Rehm as Managing Director is also satisfied: “With the first test refuelling of a truck, we are showing that answers and solutions have been found for all the requirements in the development and implementation of the H2-Hub Neumünster. We are pleased that the provision of the vehicle and the refuelling were almost synchronized and that the project could be realized within a very ambitious time frame.” The individual pieces of the puzzle will only come together by the time the hub opens if there is good cooperation with partners. The POHL Group and the Dutch system manufacturer Resato Hydrogen Technology B.V. were only able to start the construction work and system installation for the filling station in February. This was preceded by several intensive months of preparation and the acquisition of funding from the Federal Ministry of Transport by Hypion GmbH. “Now, however, we are on target to demonstrate a new quality of hydrogen filling station and put it into public operation in the near future,” emphasizes Rehm.
Market environment
The mobility sector is responsible for around 20% of annual carbon emissions worldwide and hydrogen plays an important role in reducing these emissions. Heavy goods transport is particularly important in this context. The provision of green hydrogen for use in the mobility sector, among others, is therefore a crucial building block for reducing carbon emissions. Overall systems with hydrogen production, transport, distribution and utilisation must be developed as integrated hydrogen economies. Hypion will realise this with its partners in Neumünster in 2023.
“The H2-HubNMS project is being funded by the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport with a total of 4,891,320 euros as part of the National Innovation Programme for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology. The funding guideline is coordinated by NOW GmbH and implemented by Project Management Jülich (PtJ).”
