Groningen will have a public and green hydrogen filling station from next Friday, November 12. The Holthausen Energy Points gas station is located on the Campus of Century Autogroep on Bornholmstraat. It is the first filling station where green hydrogen is produced on site.
The filling station is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for anyone who wants to refuel with hydrogen. Refueling cars, vans and trucks takes 5 to 10 minutes.
Green hydrogen
The hydrogen is produced in an electrolyzer at the filling station. The energy from 43,000 solar panels on the nearby Woltjespoor solar park is used for this.
Century Autogroep and Holthausen Energy Points call the arrival of the filling station ‘the result of an intensive collaboration to make emission-free mobility possible.’ For Century it is also ‘a great addition to the energy-neutral Campus of Century Autogroep’.
Hydrogen is the future
Driving on hydrogen is the future, say the two initiators. About a hundred vehicles are already running on hydrogen in Groningen, but that number is expected to increase soon.
The filling station was partly realized thanks to the DKTI subsidy H2toGrow from the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment.
Open day
There will be an open day on Saturday 13 November. Then interested parties can view the green hydrogen filling station at 42 Bornholmstraat between 09:00 and 17:00. They can also receive an explanation about how the production and refueling of green hydrogen functions.
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