Overview
The Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure defines a common framework of measures for the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure in the European Union in order to minimise dependence on oil and to mitigate the environmental impact of transport. It sets out minimum requirements for the building-up of alternative fuels infrastructure, including Hydrogen Refuelling Stations (HRS) for hydrogen-fuelled fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV). The current lack of refuelling infrastructure is the key barrier to development of the market for hydrogen, and interventions for stimulating implementation of HRS infrastructure are therefore necessary.
The Action overall objective is to promote, deploy and commercialise hydrogen as an alternative fuel, hence contributing to the European alternative fuel implementation strategy. The Action includes studies with real life-pilot deployments at seven locations: Bruneck (Italy), Wermelskirchen-Köln, Wuppertal and Hürth (Germany), Oude Tongue-South Rotterdam (the Netherlands), Birmingham and London (the United Kingdom); along four Core Network Corridors: North-Sea Mediterranean, North Sea Baltic, Rhine- Alpine and Scandinavian-Mediterranean. To achieve the overall objective, ten specific objectives will be met by implementing five activities.
The first specific objective is to construct and operate a HRS to refuel buses in Bruneck, Italy. The scope of the Action will include dispensing and metering equipment for the HRS, compressors, hydrogen storage, and all required interconnecting pipe and valve work, and the civil works required to install the HRS.
The second specific objective is to construct and operate a HRS to refuel buses in Wermelskirchen-Köln, Germany. Dispensing and metering equipment for the HRS, compressors, hydrogen storage, and all required interconnecting pipe and valve work, and the civil works required to install the HRS are included in the scope of the Action.
The third specific objective is to construct and operate a HRS to refuel buses in Wuppertal, Germany. Dispensing and metering equipment for the HRS, compressors, hydrogen storage, hydrogen production equipment and all required interconnecting pipe and valve work, and the civil works required to install the HRS are included in the scope of the Action.
The fourth specific objective is to expand an existing HRS to refuel buses in Hürth, Germany. The scope of the Action will include the metering and dispensing equipment for the HRS, compressors, hydrogen storage, and all required interconnecting pipe and valve work, and the civil works required to upgrade the HRS.
The fifth specific objective is to construct and operate a HRS to refuel buses in Oude Tonge-South Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The procurement of metering and dispensing equipment for the HRS, compressors, hydrogen storage, hydrogen production equipment, and all required interconnecting pipe and valve work, and the civil works required to install the HRS are included in the scope of the Action.
The sixth specific objective is to construct and operate a HRS to refuel buses in Birmingham, the United Kingdom. The scope of the Action incudes dispensing and metering equipment for the HRS, compressors, hydrogen storage, and all required interconnecting pipe and valve work, and the civil works required to install the HRS. The seventh specific objective is to construct and operate a HRS to refuel buses in London, the United Kingdom. The civil and site works required to install the HRS, including electrical connections, drainage, foundations, fencing, lighting and security equipment are included in the scope of the Action.