Shell opens their first hydrogen service station in Germany

Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH opened their first demonstration hydrogen station in Germany on on 20th June 2011. It is located on the premises of Shell’s Sachsendamm service station in Berlin. The demonstration station is part of Shell’s research and development programme for hydrogen technology and was established within the scope of the Clean Energy Partnership. The objective is to evaluate the technology and learn valuable lessons about costs, consumer behaviour, how to store hydrogen safely and dispense it efficiently to different vehicles – such as passenger cars and buses.

“We’re proud to play an active role in the research and development of hydrogen technologies in the transport sector. Hydrogen-fuelled transportation can make a long-term contribution towards lowering road transport emissions,” said Peter Blauwhoff, Country Chair of Deutsche Shell Holding when the demonstration station was officially opened in Berlin.

“In order to enable hydrogen to play a bigger part in future, we will need an appropriate number of hydrogen-fuelled vehicles. Industry has already made substantial advances in this regard. However, the introduction of hydrogen nationwide faces immense commercial challenges,” Blauwhoff added. Fuel suppliers, carmakers, equipment producers and policymakers should cooperate intensively in order to cut costs and achieve the commercial potential that hydrogen holds in store as a fuel.

The demonstration station in Berlin has the capacity to fill about 250 hydrogen-fuelled vehicles per day. However, the service station will predominantly be used for demonstration and research purposes, and for the time being an average of about 20 vehicles are to be filled there per day.

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