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Signposts on the way to hydrogen fuel
DWV study published
Two things are necessary to introduce hydrogen as zero emission fuel into road traffic: corresponding vehicles and filling stations to serve them. Last year the German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association made a study to support the installation of the infrastructure. It addresses questions such as:
- What is the typical hydrogen consumption of a car?
- How many filling stations of which size are necessary in the major cities and elsewhere?
- Which methods for generation, delivery, and storage are useful under which conditions?
- Which is the political framework for all this?
- Which codes and regulations are to be observed, and which of them need further development?
- What will this mean for the industry?
The part of the study which deals with the fundamental matters was at first circulated among DWV members only. Now we make it available for the general public. You can download it here from our website (in German, PDF file, 937 kB). If you want a printed copy please let us know.
Initially the study was to comprise five work packages. But both in Germany and in Europe projects of similar character have been started which are supported by industry and politics (in particular the European Commission). In order to avoid duplication of the work DWV has decided to let the own work come to an end with the completion of the fundamental part and to support the other projects by the participation of its experts.
Published by the German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (DWV), Berlin
Editor: Dr. Ulrich Schmidtchen, Berlin
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