Europe’s largest hydrogen filling station opened | Luxembourg word

With a daily capacity of up to five tons, the petrol station in Düsseldorf was about the most powerful hydrogen petrol station in Europe, H2 Mobility said. Up to three vehicles could refuel around the clock at the same time. The Federal Ministry of Transport promoted the construction of the station with 3.1 million euros.

Large ranges of hydrogen trucks

The North Rhine-Westphalian state government sees the project an important building block for decarbonizing the traffic sector. « Especially where battery electric drives reach their limits, hydrogen helps to reduce emissions, » said the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Economic Affairs Mona Neubaur (Greens) according to the message. With short refueling times and large ranges, hydrogen-powered vehicles played their strengths, especially in bus and heavy goods traffic.

The Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Transport, Christian Hirte, named the opening of the petrol station a strong signal for the ride of hydrogen mobility in Germany. The project stands for achieving the climate goals with innovation, infrastructure and cooperation.

Line bus fueled 35 liters of hydrogen

Hydrogen vehicles are electric vehicles whose electricity is generated by a fuel cell made of hydrogen and oxygen. Water falls as a waste product. The Düsseldorf local transport company Rheinbahn already has 20 hydrogen buses in its fleet. A bus can fill up with about 35 kilograms of hydrogen. The rich for at least 310 kilometers, it said. A refueling takes about 15 minutes.

From 2026, a new electrolyser of the municipal utility company is to provide the delivery of the petrol station with hydrogen. It runs with electricity from the waste incineration plant of the municipal utility company. The construction of the electrolyseur is funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport at 1.2 million euros.

In Germany, 151 buses drove with hydrogen in early 2025

According to the federal national organization, hydrogen and fuel cell technology (NOW) 69 hydrogen filling stations are currently available in Germany. H2 Mobility operates 59 of it. According to Now, according to now, 281 commercial vehicles, 151 buses and 1,858 cars had a hydrogen drive. There were 448 cars, 101 buses and 56 commercial vehicles on North Rhine-Westphalia.

The company has been converting its network since 2022 and focuses on refueling from trucks and buses. In the first quarter of 2025, eleven smaller petrol stations nationwide were closed, such as in Siegen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Flensburg (Schleswig-Holstein) or Neuruppin (Brandenburg). The company wants to close another eleven smaller stations in the second quarter.

H2 mobility belongs, among other things, a fund company, the gas dealers Linde and Air Liquide, the mineral oil company OMV and Shell, the vehicle manufacturers Daimler Truck and Hyundai as well as the petrol station operator total energy.