Germany: Hydrogen fuelling now available in Dortmund

The federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia now has 18 fuelling stations for fuel-cell vehicles.

North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) remains at the forefront of German federal states in the development of hydrogen filling station infrastructure. H2 MOBILITY Deutschland and its shareholders Shell and Air Liquide have now opened 18th hydrogen filling station in Dortmund. The state of Bavaria is a close second with 17 stations.

The network of stations where fuel-cell vehicles can fill up with hydrogen is steadily expanding. Germany already has 83 H2 filling stations. The number of stations will be expanded successively according to demand. There are 32 hydrogen filling stations in the Shell network in Germany.

“Hydrogen has what it takes, in every respect, to sustainably revolutionise our mobility – because hydrogen means emissions-free driving for every size of vehicle: car, bus, truck, or train,” said Niklas Iwan, Managing Director H2 MOBILITY Deutschland GmbH.

The new facility in Dortmund is located in City Centre North at the Schützenstrasse Shell station, close to the A45 and B54 motorways.

The hydrogen station in Dortmund is funded by the European Commission through the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking (FCH 2 JU) in the Hydrogen Mobility Europe (H2ME) project.