The new hydrogen station at the Shell filling station on Tempelhofer Weg 102 in Berlin was officially opened on January 11, 2023, in the presence of Federal Transport Minister Dr. Volker Wissing. Fuel cell trucks, waste collectors, cars, and light commercial vehicles can now refuel with hydrogen (H2) at this location. The Tempelhofer Weg hydrogen filling station is one of the most efficient in Germany, and is key to further accelerating hydrogen mobility in the German capital, as the number of H2 vehicles is rapidly growing in Berlin
Federal Minister Dr Volker Wissing stated that hydrogen and fuel cell technologies are a critical component of climate-friendly mobility. The Federal Ministry for Transport is investing in the deployment of a basic network of publicly accessible hydrogen filling stations to support the shift towards climate-neutral road transport. To encourage the use of alternative drivetrains, robust and widely available infrastructure is needed.
The Tempelhofer Weg station will not only be used by the BSR waste collectors, but also the growing fleet of “H2 move Berlin,” which is set to expand to over 200 Toyota Mirai in the driving service by the summer of 2023. In addition, the first hydrogen trucks will be delivered to customers nearby, including in the Hylane rental service, in Berlin in the spring of 2023.
The hydrogen filling station is now regularly available for refuelling hydrogen trucks at 350 bar (H2 buses and trucks) and at 700 bar (H2 passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, and waste collectors). Conveniently located near the city motorway 100 and the A 113, near the BSR service yard in the south of Berlin, it is the city’s fifth hydrogen station. H2 MOBILITY Deutschland, Europe’s leading operator of hydrogen filling stations, is responsible for constructing and operating the station, and the filling station technology was provided by industrial gases and technology company Air Liquide.
Nikolas Iwan, Managing Director of H2 MOBILITY Germany, said that with hydrogen at 350 bar, heavy commercial vehicles with e-drives can already refuel at megawatt speeds today, and the goal is to add up to 120 more locations across Germany in the next four years. Hydrogen is a key component in powering a sustainable and climate-friendly future, and the opening of this new hydrogen station is a step towards achieving that goal.
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