The Aschaffenburg public utility company opened the first hydrogen filling station (H2 filling station) in its transport operations on the Bavarian Lower Main. They celebrated another significant milestone in the implementation of hydrogen mobility (H2 mobility) in the region. The H2 gas station is one of only around 110 gas stations in Germany.
The costs for the H2 filling station amounted to around 4 million euros. The municipal utilities received around 1.9 million euros in funding from the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy. In addition, the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport contributed 3.8 million euros in funding as part of the “Guideline for the promotion of alternative drives for buses in passenger transport” for the purchase of the H2 buses. Funding for this measure is also provided as part of the German Recovery and Resilience Plan (DARP) via the European Recovery and Resilience Facilities (ARF) in the NextGenerationEU program. The H2 disposal vehicle was also able to be purchased thanks to funding of around 670,000 euros from the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure as part of the National Innovation Program for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NIP II). The funding guidelines are coordinated by NOW GmbH and implemented by the Project Management Jülich (PtJ).
The municipal utilities were able to invest a total of 13.5 million euros in the future-oriented mobility technology hydrogen. Jürgen Herzing and Stefan Maunz paid special thanks to the sponsors for this.
In addition to three purely electric buses, an H2 disposal vehicle has been in use for the Aschaffenburg public utility company since last year. The 12 new hydrogen buses, ten of which were solo buses and two articulated buses, were also delivered just in time for the opening of the H2 filling station. “This means that a quarter of the Stadtwerke bus fleet is already traveling through Aschaffenburg emission-free. “This is an impressive development and major investment for the municipal utilities group, which would not have been financed without funding,” says plant manager Stefan Maunz at the ceremonial opening of the hydrogen filling station.
Photo of Stadtwerke Aschaffenburg
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