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Siegen, 24 Jun 19 | Drivers of electric cars with fuel cells can now \u2018gas up\u2019 in Siegen as well. The owner\/developer H2<\/sub> MOBILITY Deutschland and its shareholder Linde today opened a hydrogen filling station in Siegen\u2019s \u2018Oberes Leimbachtal\u2019 industrial park\u00a0 in the presence of the city\u2019s mayor Steffen Mues. It is the 16th<\/sup> station in North Rhine-Westphalia, and yet another step in making Germany\u2019s hydrogen supply network denser and denser.<\/strong><\/p>\n The site in Leimbachtal is conveniently located by the A 45 motorway, an important link between Frankfurt am Main and Dortmund. The Siegen station was the first station to celebrate its opening during \u2018NRW Week of Hydrogen\u2019, ahead of Duisburg (25 Jun) and Aachen (28 Jun).<\/p>\n Mayor Steffen Mues officially opened the new hydrogen filling station at a ceremony to which he welcomed numerous guests from politics, business, and the neighbouring municipalities: \u201cSiegen as a major city and regional centre now has a genuine USP. As a university town, commuter town, major centre, and important business location, we approach e-mobility from various perspectives, in the context of climate protection as well as regional competitiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n Mues emphasised that the H2<\/sub> filling station in Siegen was not least the result of excellent cooperation between local protagonists. \u201cThe decisive factor for Siegen as a location was the application submitted by the \u2018H2<\/sub>-Siegerland\u2019 network on the initiative of the city of Siegen, the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein, the University of Siegen, as well as companies and business associations.<\/p>\n Philipp Braunsdorf from NOW GmbH, Government Director J\u00f6rn Guddat of the Arnsberg District Government as well as District Administrator Andreas M\u00fcller for the Siegen-Wittgenstein District, conveyed best wishes on behalf of the Federal and State Governments.<\/p>\n The owner\/developer of the station is H2<\/sub> MOBILITY Deutschland, a joint venture that is expanding Germany\u2019s hydrogen infrastructure. The filling station technology was developed by the gas and technology company Linde. Other H2<\/sub> filling stations in North Rhine-Westphalia are already in operation today in Essen, Wuppertal, M\u00fcnster, D\u00fcsseldorf, Leverkusen, and Frechen, and most recently in M\u00f6nchengladbach as well.<\/p>\n The hydrogen station in Siegen is state-of-the-art, and driver-side operation of the filling facilities is intuitive: the process is similar to refuelling conventional vehicles and takes three to five minutes. The facility is equipped with Linde\u2019s IC90 ionic compressor. The \u2018Siegerland\u2019 application won with their integrated model project \u2018E-mobility hoch 3<\/em>\u2019 (e-mobility to the power of 3), which advocates the system integration of technology, infrastructure, and services relating to electromobility. A mobility centre with various applications and sharing services is currently being set up in the industrial estate, and is expected to enrich the region\u2019s vocational training and labour market as well.<\/p>\n The hydrogen station in Siegen is supported by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) under the NIP, the National Innovation Programme for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology. The total investment expenditure for the filling station in Siegen amounts to \u20ac 1,579,446. The station received a subsidy of \u20ac 947,668.<\/p>\n Hydrogen offers a chance to expand the range of fuels available in the transport sector in a climate-friendly way, because using hydrogen produced with renewable energy can significantly reduce climate-damaging CO2<\/sub> emissions. Operating a hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicle causes no local pollutants or carbon dioxide (CO2)<\/sub> emissions. The range of these vehicles is between 500 and 700 kilometres on a full tank.<\/p>\n For hydrogen-powered electromobility to become a success story, an attractive range of fuel-cell vehicles and a nationwide infrastructure are needed. The expansion of the corresponding service-station network is progressing well. There are currently 70 H2<\/sub> filling stations in Germany; by the end of the year, there will be 100 stations nationwide.<\/p>\n About H2<\/sub> MOBILITY<\/strong><\/p>\n H2<\/sub> Mobility Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG is responsible for establishing a hydrogen infrastructure to supply cars with fuel-cell propulsion (700 bar technology) in Germany. The interim goal by 2019\/2020 is to operate 100 stations in seven German metropolitan regions (Hamburg, Berlin, Rhine-Ruhr, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Stuttgart and Munich) as well as along trunk roads and motorways. With the ramp-up of vehicle numbers, as many as 400 hydrogen stations will eventually ensure a nationwide supply. H2<\/sub> MOBILITY handles all the tasks \u2013 planning, construction, operation, and marketing \u2013 that are necessary for successfully expanding and operating the network.<\/p>\n The company\u2019s shareholders are Air Liquide, Daimler, Linde, OMV, Shell and TOTAL, with BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Toyota and Volkswagen and NOW GmbH (National Organisation Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology) serving in an advisory capacity as associated partners.<\/p>\n