PitPoint clean fuels, a Netherlands-headed provider of clean fuels that also designs, builds, finances, maintains, operates and service public and private refueling stations for liquefied natural gas (LNG), compressed natural gas (CNG), biomethane, hydrogen, and electric charging points for companies and governments with large fleets, has opened a hydrogen refueling station in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
According to a statement, the station for both buses and refuse collection trucks, as well as passenger vehicles.was intended to open in June this year, but due to technical challenges, the opening was delayed by a few months. The construction of a Dutch national network for hydrogen fueling stations is crucial for the breakthrough of hydrogen as an energy carrier for cleaner transport.
350 bar available
Hydrogen can be refueled at the new PitPoint station which is close to an existing PitPoint biomethane refueling station. For the time being, only the 350 bar tank section is open, which is used by buses from Syntus Gelderland, among others. The opening of the 700 bar tank section, where passenger vehicles can fuel hydrogen, will follow as soon as possible.
However, drivers with a hydrogen car can already go to the 350 bar pillar, where they can fill half of their tank with hydrogen. The aim of PitPoint is to have the 700 bar pillar operational as soon as possible.
Even though the situation is not yet optimal, we are delighted with the opening of the hydrogen refueling station. Drivers in the Arnhem area with a hydrogen car now have access to hydrogen and that is good news, said Oskar Voorsmit, Business Development Manager Hydrogen at PitPoint.
Target is 20 hydrogen refueling stations in the Netherlands
This new station is being developed under the H2Nodes project, which takes place in Estonia, Latvia and the Netherlands and receives a total contribution of just over EUR 14.5 million from the Connecting European Facility (CEF).
In addition, this project receives funding from the DKTI scheme, a Dutch government programme that supports sustainable transport. The Dutch government has set a target of having 20 hydrogen refueling stations operational in the Netherlands by 2020.
The construction of the new station in Arnhem is thus an important step in creating a sufficient network of publicly accessible hydrogen stations in the Netherlands.
