Spain: Associations call for a minimum network of 150 hydrogen stations by 2025

ANFAC and GASNAM propose bringing forward the target set by the Spanish Government from 2030 to 2025, given that the supply of vehicles will grow substantially in the coming years.

The Spanish Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers (ANFAC) and the Association of sustainable transport that integrates the value chain of gas and hydrogen (Gasnam) are calling for bringing forward the goal of a minimum network of 150 hydrogen filling stations in Spain from 2030 to 2025, according to a press release.

The associations consider that the commercial offer will grow substantially in the coming years, especially in the segments of light commercial vehicles and heavy duty long distance and that, to underpin this deployment, it is essential to have a minimum refuelling network in 2025. For this reason, they propose bringing forward the objective of having 150 hydrogen filling stations set by the Spanish government from 2030 to 2025.

The 150 sites should be distributed in 71 locations in provincial capitals and municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, while 79 sites should be placed in the main corridors and routes with the highest daily traffic intensity, located mainly in road transport centres with the highest hydrogen consumption, such as refineries and industries. In this way, the objective of having a maximum distance between hydrogen stations of 250 kilometres and guaranteeing the supply of long-distance heavy transport is also met, according to the associations.

The ANFAC and GASNAM plan establishes development phases for an organized deployment in line with the evolution of the vehicle market. Thus, by 2021, it would be necessary to have 15 public access stations built in urban centres. In 2022 and 2023, these 15 would be joined by 45 in urban areas and 40 in transport corridors, so that by 2024 there would be 100 hydrogen refuelling points. By the end of 2025, the target of 150 hydrogen stations in Spain would be achieved.

Read here the report 'Deployment of a minimum network of hydrogen filling stations and the hydrogen vehicle market in Spain', by ANFAC and Gasnam.