Magdeburg, 22 November 2023 | In the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Science, Energy, Climate, Protection and Environment of the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt , Prof. Dr. Armin Willingmann, hydrogen refuelling station developer and operator H2 MOBILITY Deutschland and hydrogen investor H2 Green Power & Logistics opened a new hydrogen refuelling station for trucks today. This now allows hydrogen trucks to refuel in the state capital.
Willingmann welcomes the investment in the modern refuelling station: “Sustainable mobility needs hydrogen; this is especially true for heavy goods traffic. To ensure that goods and merchandise get from A to B in the most climate-friendly way possible in the future, it is important that this hydrogen is increasingly produced using renewable energies. The Ministry of Energy is therefore strengthening the production of and research into green hydrogen in Saxony-Anhalt.”
Mayor Simone Borris is pleased about the hydrogen refuelling station for trucks in Magdeburg and its importance for the region: “Hydrogen is an environmentally friendly energy source of the future and is comparatively easy to transport! The investment therefore fits perfectly into our urban climate protection strategy. Our industrial estate in Rothensee is exactly the right location for the new hydrogen refuelling station, as the surrounding companies in particular will benefit from the logistical conditions and good transport links. I would like to thank the investor and all the companies involved in the construction!”
Responsible for the construction and operation of the hydrogen filling station is H2 MOBILITY Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, which has been driving the expansion of hydrogen infrastructure in Germany since 2015. The filling station’s dispenser is an innovation from H2 MOBILTY Deutschland, which the company developed independently and has applied for a patent for. The product is based on the experience of thousands of fuelling processes and combines intelligent control and technology in the smallest possible space. It therefore meets the demanding requirements for reliable high-performance refuelling of several trucks in succession.
“A fertile ecosystem of infrastructure and local logistics companies has been created at Glindenberger Weg with our hydrogen truck filling station. The location is a role model for logistics, which is already relying on sustainable drive systems. DACHSER, Norma and Samsung SDS are already demonstrating in practical tests with Hyundai H2 delivery trucks, model XCIENT Fuell Cell, how easy the switch is. The retail and logistics companies run regular routes from here to Berlin, Leipzig and Hanover. With our massive expansion of the 350-bar network, there are more and more opportunities to switch to hydrogen in heavy goods transport – in other regions of Germany too,” explains Lorenz Jung, Managing Director and CCO of H2 MOBILITY Deutschland.
The hydrogen filling station for trucks at the TotalEnergies Autohof Magdeburg, Glindenberger Weg 3, is conveniently located directly on the A2 and closes the gap for the transportation of goods with hydrogen between Magdeburg and Hanover, Berlin and Leipzig. The transport companies DACHSER, the food discounter Norma and Samsung SDS are already making use of the hydrogen refuelling service.
For H2 GreenPowerLog CEO Dr. Ludger Hellenthal, the opening of the new hydrogen filling station for trucks is “another step towards the energy transition on the road.” H2 GreenPowerLog has been supplying trucks in the food industry with green hydrogen since the end of 2022, collaborates with logistics service providers and offers a complete ecosystem for green commercial vehicle mobility in all sectors. The company is also quattromodal on the road with green hydrogen by rail, ship and pipeline connection.
Three Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks, as well as a FAUN ENGIUNIUS BLUPOWER H2 waste collection vehicle and an Iveco Daily FCEV were presented at the opening. H2 MOBILITY Deutschland received €400,000 in funding from the National Innovation Programme for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NIP) from the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) for the construction of the hydrogen truck station.
Pioneer in Europe: H2 MOBILITY station network
Currently, fuel cell vehicles can refuel at 700 bar at over 80 public H2 MOBILITY refuelling stations in Germany, including passenger cars and smaller commercial vehicles as well as refuse collectors. Five additional refuelling stations are in the planning, construction or commissioning stages. Refuelling at 350 bar is possible for buses and trucks at 15 stations. Further expansion will be demand-driven, including along the TEN-T corridors for commercial vehicles. 27 refuelling options for 350 bar are currently being implemented. Five further filling stations for 700 bar are currently being planned, built or commissioned.
About H2 MOBILITY
H2 MOBILITY Deutschland is a pioneer in the development of a public hydrogen refuelling network and Europe’s largest operator of public hydrogen stations. Its business areas include technical development, financing, planning, construction, marketing and operation of the stations. H2 MOBILITY Deutschland was founded in 2015 as a project company with the aim of promoting hydrogen as an emission-free fuel in road transport. In 2022, the project company became a long-term, commercially oriented company with the goal of contributing to the energy transition in transport through a high-performance hydrogen filling station network.
About H2 Green Power & Logistics
The business model of H2 Green Power & Logistics GmbH, headquartered in Münster and with a branch in Magdeburg, comprises a complete ecosystem for green hydrogen in commercial vehicle mobility under its sales brand H2 Delivery. H2 GreenPowerLog has been investing in renewable energies alongside its land holdings since 2010.
Press contacts: H2 MOBILITY Deutschland: Daniela Dietz, presse@h2-mobility.de
More information at www.h2-mobility.de and https://www.h2greenpowerlog.de
Photo above (f.l.t.r.): Dr. Ludger Hellenthal, H2 Green Power & Logistics, Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister Prof. Dr. Armin Willingmann, Lorenz Jung, H2 MOBILITY
Photo 2: H2-Trucks from DACHSER, Samsung SDS and Norma
Photo 3: Impression of the ceremony