Green facility at Berlin airport

The first hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle was refueled at the Green Hydrogen Hub, a multifunctional refueling station under construction at Willy Brandt Airport in Berlin-Brandenburg. Hydrogen to fuel the hub produces directly on site using electrolysis, wind and solar energy.

In addition to fueling hydrogen transport and generating gas by electrolysis, the H2BER project involves the operation of a combined thermal power plant and the supply of hydrogen to the public gas distribution network, which forms a single energy transport system. Commercial partners, including Total Deutschland, Linde, McPhy Energy, Enertrag and 2G Energy, intend to invest more than 10 million euros in the project by 2016, and the German government - 5 million.

“After seven years of research and development, the application for the transport sector has been expanded for everyday use and the technology market is ready for it,” said Katherina Reiche, parliamentary secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. “Currently, the issue of bringing this technology to the market, which we will support with the necessary measures.”



More than 50 cars and buses in Berlin are already fueled with hydrogen as part of the Clean Energy Partnership between industry and the federal Ministry of Transport. The partnership is Europe’s largest flagship project of the German National Innovation Programme for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology, which aims to launch a network of 50 hydrogen refueling stations across the country by the end of 2015.

H2BER is a commercial and research project based on the production of hydrogen as an energy source for transport based on renewable energy. Initially, electricity will be supplied from a nearby wind farm. Hydrogen production will be monitored by scientists at a special research campus.

In total, the airport has two filling stations, one for cars and buses. Here you can refuel with liquefied and natural gas, as well as replenish the battery charge of the electric car. A photovoltaic solar installation is deployed on the roof of the filling station.



Hydrogen is produced on site with a 500 kW electrolyzer and a capacity of more than 200 kilograms of gas per day, enough to fuel about 50 fuel cell vehicles.

In addition to compressed gas tanks, the station has a low-temperature storage for solid hydrogen with a capacity of 100 kg, expanding the functionality of refueling.

The thermal power plant converts hydrogen into electricity and heat. As an alternative fuel, CHP can use natural gas mixed with biomethane. The complex provides heat and energy to all technological buildings of the gas station, including the control room, shop and car wash.



Source: facepla.net