New hydrogen stations developed faster thanks to million-dollar grant
The Hydrogen in Mobility Grant programme has awarded €8.2 million to two consortia of companies linked to Fountain Fuel’s hydrogen refuelling stations. The money will enable the accelerated development of several hydrogen refuelling stations from this operator.
The allocation of a total of 28 million euros from this programme was recently announced at the National Hydrogen Congress, Fountain Fuel reveals. The company also reports that there was a lot of interest in the grant pot and that it will be filled even better before 2025, up to a total of 40 million euros. Fountain Fuel itself is happy about this as it already has several new applications in the pipeline.
In the two consortia of which Fountain Fuel is the lead agency, some 30 parties from logistics and transport work together. The award of over EUR 8 million will allow the company to develop its next filling stations faster. Construction of new XL hydrogen stations in Rotterdam and Nijmegen has already begun.
Alternative within reach
According to Fountain Fuel, the money awarded means a huge boost for hydrogen mobility in the Netherlands. On behalf of the company, Beer Kwantes says the grant puts hydrogen as a concrete alternative to electric driving within reach. “Companies betting on hydrogen see it as a necessary and inevitable complement to battery-electric solutions.” Kwantes mentions heavy transport, long-distance transport and delivery vans in construction and breakdown services, among others, as areas of application, because constant deployment of these vehicles is of great importance and hydrogen can contribute to that.
