Italy: Eni opens its first public hydrogen station

The newly inaugurated forecourt is located in Venice and acts as the first forecourt of its kind for mobility to open in an urban area and for the public.

Eni has unveiled its first hydrogen service station opened to the public in Mestre, Venice. The San Giuliano Enistation is the first one to have opened in an urban area and that lets drivers use hydrogen to refuel their vehicles.

The opening was celebrated with the presence of several company representatives as well as representatives from the public office and other companies . The Mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, was present alongside Giuseppe Ricci, Chief Operating Officer of Energy Evolution for Eni, and Luigi Ksawery Luca, CEO of Toyota Motor Italia.

"For us, this is an achievement, as well as a starting point. We want to play a leading role and it is no coincidence that we are in place such as Veneto and Venice, creating infrastructure that responds to the demand for sustainable mobility and, more generally, an effective and practical energy transition,” said Ricci, according to a press release published by news site Rigzone.

The station has two dispensing points installed with a capacity of over 100 kg/day to refuel vehicles. This is the result of the rebuilt procedure that has been going for the last few months after its reopening to the public in February. It also supports traditional and electrical refuelling, with a charging column that supports two stations that can recharge EVs in fast and ultrafast modes.

“This refuelling station will allow us to quickly move ahead with our plan to modernise local public transport powered by hydrogen, which we are implementing with the investments from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. Above all, thanks to Toyota, will be adding new hydrogen-powered cars to the Municipality’s car fleet. The future of Venice is today, and in this spirit, we keep looking forward,” added Brugnaro.