Fountain Fuel opens Dutch hydrogen station
This week, Fountain Fuel inaugurated its first “zero-emission station” in Amersfoort. Drivers can refuel with hydrogen and charge their vehicles nearby. According to the company’s founders and potential clients, both strategies are essential.
The A28 and A1 are only a short distance away from the eastern side of Amersfoort, where drivers will soon be able to fill up on hydrogen and charge their electric vehicles. Here is where the Fountain Fuel company has established a “zero-emission energy station.” On May 10, State Secretary Vivianne Heijnen of Infrastructure and Water Management formally launched it. The opening ceremony involved attaching a brand-new BMW iX5 Hydrogen to the hydrogen filling station.
The Netherlands previously had fifteen hydrogen filling stations spread out over the nation, but this is the first station ever to integrate hydrogen filling stations and charging stations.
First stone for Lorient hydrogen refueling station laid
A green hydrogen refueling station from HyGO, a business made up of Engie Solutions and SEM 56 Energies, has been supplied and installed by HRS and is scheduled to be operational in the fall of 2023.
A first for a high-capacity station in France, this station will concurrently refuel automobiles with fast charging and the 19 hydrogen buses that Lorient Agglomeration will soon deploy with slow charging.
On May 9, 2023, Fabrice Loher, president of Lorient Agglomeration, lay the first stone on the location of the bus depot to officially kick up building on the bus depot distribution site.
After the Vannes station, which HRS already erected in 2022 on the Michelin site, this hydrogen refueling station will be the second in the Morbihan department.
GHCS outlines four key opportunities for South Africa’s green hydrogen industry
Green Hydrogen Commercialisation Strategy (GHCS) has been identified as a key contributor to global energy demand and decarbonising hard-to-abate industries. South Africa, with its abundance of natural resources, such as wind, solar, green minerals, oceans, and platinum group metals (PGMs), is well-positioned to become a global exporter of cost-effective green hydrogen. The GHCS report outlines four key opportunities for South Africa, including the potential for global trade, competitiveness, skills development, and employment opportunities.
However, the cost of hydrogen production, storage, and safe transportation remain challenges. The HySA Infrastructure is tasked with addressing these challenges. The government has committed to supporting the HySA programme for an additional 10 years. Green hydrogen, produced through water electrolysis, presents new opportunities for energy security, economic growth, skills development, and employment creation.
