First public access hydrogen filling station opens in South Yorkshire
Fri 18 September 2015
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The north of England's first hydrogen filling station has been opened by ITM Power at the Advanced Manufacturing Park in South Yorkshire, near the M1 motorway.
The site consists of a 225kW wind turbine connected directly to an electrolyser, 220kg of hydrogen storage, a hydrogen dispensing unit and a 30kW fuel cell system capable of providing backup power generation for nearby buildings.
The filling station joins others already located in Hendon, Heathrow and Swindon and is the latest station opened as part of the a £6.6 million hydrogen infrastructure investment strategy rolled out by the UK government. which will also see two new stations in Greater London as well as a new mobile refueling station for the south of England and upgrades to existing stations in Swindon, Wales and London.
Dr Graham Cooley, ITM’s chief executive, said: "We are extremely pleased to be launching the first of the company's hydrogen refuelling stations today, at this very accessible location off the M1 in South Yorkshire, and to provide clean fuel for the fuel cell electric vehicles that are now available from the auto OEMs.”
The launch was supported by Hyundai, Toyota, and Honda which brought their fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) - the Hyundai Ix35, the Toyota Mirai, the Honda FCX Clarity - for visitors to experience
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