Fuelling stations, hydrogen

An area-wide supply of hydrogen will, in the medium to long term, require the implementation of an extensive transport and distribution infrastructure. In addition, a dense network of refuelling stations will have to be put in place. This chapter first addresses the various options for hydrogen transport and their characteristics. Subsequently, different fuelling station concepts will be discussed. 

Table 12.6. Investment breakdown for compressed hydrogen fuelling stations...

Table 12.7. Investment breakdown for liquid hydrogen fuelling stations supplying gaseous hydrogen...

At the beginning of the infrastructure build-up, fuelling stations for local traffic hydrogen are only located in early-user centres for long-distance traffic, a few early corridors are defined, which mainly serve to connect the early-user centres and to permit daily commuting in their vicinity. 

The Reference scenario ( REF ) is, among others, based on the distributed users scenario for the geographical distribution of hydrogen demand, a fuelling-station strategy tailored to meeting demand only ( FS demand ) and a late road network it is further characterised by high natural gas prices and a stabilisation objective for C02... 

Figure 14.7(a). Fuelling stations in Germany for the distributed users scenario all hydrogen stations until 2030. 

If in the early phase, 15% to 20% of the fuelling stations offer hydrogen, for a given demand, less hydrogen would be supplied by each fuelling station than in the reference case. This would lead to higher investments in fuelling stations. If onsite... 

The early road network scenario has a similar effect on the hydrogen infrastructure to the fuelling stations scenario. More fuelling stations will be in place in the early phase. However, in this scenario the fuelling stations will be located on the highways to allow travelling between the user centres. This will surely increase the acceptance of... 

The resulting early transit road network focuses on connecting early-user centres within the HyWays countries, but also on international links. Furthermore, the motorways around early-user centres with high population densities should be equipped with hydrogen fuelling stations to facilitate daily commuting in these regions. 

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