H2 Mobility, Hoerbiger, and Ariel build Europe's most powerful hydrogen filling station

The project partners H2 Mobility, Hoerbiger, and Ariel are currently building Europe's most powerful hydrogen filling station in Düsseldorf, with a daily dispensing capacity of over 5 tons. This "filling station of the future" aims to establish the new H2 Mobility standard. Hoerbiger and Ariel are contributing a compact but powerful compressor. This compressor will become an integral part of the new hydrogen compressor package HCP 500 from Hoerbiger, which is being manufactured in Trnava, Slovakia. 

Good Controllability of Flow Rates

The HCP 500 is based on Hoerbiger’s compressor capacity system "eHydroCOM," which offers good controllability of flow rates and is characterized by high control precision and a wide control range. This ensures optimized tuning to the requirements of electrolyzers and hydrogen filling stations and allows a high mass flow rate of over 250 kg/h (105,802 scf/h). This makes the compressor package ideal for heavy-duty filling stations and trailer filling systems, ensuring long operating times in both stationary and start/stop modes. Finally, according to the manufacturer, the HCP 500 offers a better Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) balance compared to the technologies currently available on the market. 

The system can perform refuelings at pressures from 350 to 500 bar. The KBH compressor installed in the HCP 500, which was supplied by Ariel to Hoerbiger for the H2 Mobility heavy-duty filling station in Düsseldorf, carries the serial number 70,000 – a milestone.

“The performance of the filling station on Höherweg in Düsseldorf is currently unmatched in Europe. It represents the new generation of H2 Mobility filling stations. In Düsseldorf, multiple vehicle types – buses, trucks, light commercial vehicles, and passenger cars – will be able to refuel simultaneously and sequentially at the same location with 350 and 700 bar. Thanks to our patented refueling technology, high-performance refuelings are now possible. Our customers benefit more than ever from modern technology and the advantages of hydrogen drive – short refueling times with great range,” explains Frank Fronzke, Managing Director and COO of H2 Mobility Deutschland.

Pioneering Work in Europe

Currently, 33 stations in the H2-Mobility network offer refueling options for trucks and buses (350 bar) – and this number is rising, expected to surpass 50 by the end of the year. In total, the company currently operates around 80 hydrogen refueling stations in Germany and Austria.