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Servco completes first public hydrogen station on Oahu, starts leasing Toyota Mirai FCEVs
NEWS development of its product offering, leading towards an expansion of the McPhy hydrogen station range to offer 350 and 700 bar refueling. ‘McPhy has strengthened its offering with a range of dedicated refueling stations for 700 bar vehicles. Thanks to our testing platform, and the trials conducted together with Toyota, we are finalising the design of the first of the series, which will be unveiled in October,’ says Pascal Mauberger, Chairman and CEO of McPhy. ‘We are delighted to have been cooperating with teams from Toyota, the leader in zero-carbon mobility, to accelerate the completion of the development of our McFilling 200-700 solution, of which the first deliveries could begin in 2019.’ McPhy has worked with Toyota to successfully complete a testing cycle on its prototyping and testing platform at its La Motte-Fanjas site, in southeastern France. McPhy engineers designed and developed a 700 bar platform, and refueling tests were carried out on two vehicles to test the design concept, components and processes for a 700 bar hydrogen refueling station under real-life conditions, as well as optimise user experience prior to market launch. The work has also helped to identify areas for future optimisation. Toyota, with its expertise in 700 bar fuel cell electric vehicles such as the Mirai [see page 2, and the Oahu item below], will support McPhy in the process of finalising the development of the McFilling 200-700 station. This will give McPhy a full range of refueling stations, from 350 to 700 bar, and a strong position to meet growing demand in France [FCB, July 2018, p10] and abroad, supporting its clients in the large-scale deployment of clean mobility solutions. McPhy recently unveiled its new generation of high energy efficiency electrolysers, the Augmented McLyzer, for integration into largescale platforms to produce low-carbon hydrogen in the quantities needed in the industrial and heavy transport sectors [May 2018, p13]. The company has also just commissioned a renewable hydrogen production and storage system for Engie in Grenoble, which will supply zerocarbon hydrogen as a raw material for industrial applications [see page 12]. McPhy: www.mcphy.com Toyota, Fuel Cell Technology: http://tinyurl.com/toyota-fcevs
Cologne transit agency signs contracts for two new hydrogen stations
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egionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK), the transport authority for the
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Cologne region in Germany, has awarded contracts for two hydrogen refueling stations to be built in 2019, at its premises in Meckenheim (RheinSieg district) and Wermelskirchen (Rhein-Bergisch district). A consortium of partners including Linde, Framatome, EMS and the Forschungszentrum Jülich Research Centre is responsible for the construction and evaluation of the stations. Each will be able to refuel up to 20 fuel cell buses, with a total capacity of 500 kg/day of hydrogen. The project will be funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) through the National Innovation Programme Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NIP2), under the ‘BIC H2’ heading (Buses, Infrastructure, Cologne region). The main focus is the procurement and deployment of a fleet of 30 fuel cell hybrid buses for public transport [FCB, October 2017, p2 and March 2018, p2], and the development of an appropriate hydrogen refueling infrastructure in the Cologne region. The hydrogen refueling station in Meckenheim will be constructed by a consortium led by Framatome (formerly AREVA). Framatome brings considerable experience in the energy sector, in hydrogen generation and the implementation of innovative projects. EMS in Jülich is responsible for hydrogen storage, using lightweight, high-strength, carbon fibre pressure vessels. EMS is supplying two storage systems for the project, holding more than 1000 kg of hydrogen at 500 bar. The individual pressurised containers and the overall system will be certified this year. The other partners come from the Cologne region: engineering firm EMCEL is responsible for licensing issues, ANLEG is a specialist in high-pressure gas facilities, and WEMA will construct and operate the station. The RVK hydrogen station in Wermelskirchen will be built by Linde, which has broad expertise in the construction of hydrogen refueling stations [see the Linde feature in September 2014]. This will be the first deployment of Linde’s new storage technology, featuring new steady pressure accumulators, allowing large amounts of hydrogen to be supplied more quickly – a significant advantage for larger vehicles in particular. Forschungszentrum Jülich scientists will study the role of hydrogen in bus fleet operation as part of an overall strategy for zero-emissions road and rail transport. In the project, this aspect will be examined specifically for the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region, taking into account data and operating experience from these two stations.
Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH: www.rvk.de [in German] National Innovation Programme Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology: http://tinyurl.com/nip-h2fc-tech EMS: www.ems-evolves.com Linde, Hydrogen Energy: http://tinyurl.com/linde-hydrogen-energy-h2 Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-3): www.fz-juelich.de/iek/iek-3/EN
Servco completes first public hydrogen station on Oahu, starts leasing Toyota Mirai FCEVs
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he first publicly accessible hydrogen refueling station has been inaugurated in Oahu, the thirdlargest of the Hawaiian Islands. The station, located at the corporate offices of automotive dealership Servco Pacific in Honolulu, will serve the Toyota Mirai fuel cell electric vehicles that Servco has just begun leasing to customers. The hydrogen station – from an unnamed supplier – is located at Servco’s flagship Toyota dealership in Mapunapuna, and was fully funded by Servco, without any grants or public funding [FCB, September 2017, p5]. It can produce up to 20 kg/day of hydrogen, and store approximately 100 kg of hydrogen onsite, enough for up to 12 vehicle fill-ups. The station’s highpressure dispenser provides a hydrogen fill-up in approximately 5 minutes, comparable to refueling a car with gasoline or diesel. Servco launched the Toyota Mirai at the end of July, with a limited number of vehicles offered under leasing with a down payment; servicing and hydrogen fuel is included. Hawaii is the second state in the US to sell the Mirai, after California [February 2018, p2]; Servco brought the first Mirai production vehicles to Hawaii in 2016. Three years ago the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) commissioned a Fast-Fill 700 bar hydrogen fueling station at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu [July 2015, p8], to support a fleet of General Motors Equinox Fuel Cell cars leased by the Office of Naval Research for use by Marine Corps and Navy personnel on Oahu [March 2012, p2]. Servco Pacific: www.servco.com Toyota Hawaii, Mirai: www.toyotamirai.com Toyota, Fuel Cell Technology: http://tinyurl.com/toyota-fcevs
August 2018
Cologne transit agency signs contracts for two new hydrogen stations
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egionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK), the transport authority for the
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Cologne region in Germany, has awarded contracts for two hydrogen refueling stations to be built in 2019, at its premises in Meckenheim (RheinSieg district) and Wermelskirchen (Rhein-Bergisch district). A consortium of partners including Linde, Framatome, EMS and the Forschungszentrum Jülich Research Centre is responsible for the construction and evaluation of the stations. Each will be able to refuel up to 20 fuel cell buses, with a total capacity of 500 kg/day of hydrogen. The project will be funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) through the National Innovation Programme Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NIP2), under the ‘BIC H2’ heading (Buses, Infrastructure, Cologne region). The main focus is the procurement and deployment of a fleet of 30 fuel cell hybrid buses for public transport [FCB, October 2017, p2 and March 2018, p2], and the development of an appropriate hydrogen refueling infrastructure in the Cologne region. The hydrogen refueling station in Meckenheim will be constructed by a consortium led by Framatome (formerly AREVA). Framatome brings considerable experience in the energy sector, in hydrogen generation and the implementation of innovative projects. EMS in Jülich is responsible for hydrogen storage, using lightweight, high-strength, carbon fibre pressure vessels. EMS is supplying two storage systems for the project, holding more than 1000 kg of hydrogen at 500 bar. The individual pressurised containers and the overall system will be certified this year. The other partners come from the Cologne region: engineering firm EMCEL is responsible for licensing issues, ANLEG is a specialist in high-pressure gas facilities, and WEMA will construct and operate the station. The RVK hydrogen station in Wermelskirchen will be built by Linde, which has broad expertise in the construction of hydrogen refueling stations [see the Linde feature in September 2014]. This will be the first deployment of Linde’s new storage technology, featuring new steady pressure accumulators, allowing large amounts of hydrogen to be supplied more quickly – a significant advantage for larger vehicles in particular. Forschungszentrum Jülich scientists will study the role of hydrogen in bus fleet operation as part of an overall strategy for zero-emissions road and rail transport. In the project, this aspect will be examined specifically for the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region, taking into account data and operating experience from these two stations.
Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH: www.rvk.de [in German] National Innovation Programme Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology: http://tinyurl.com/nip-h2fc-tech EMS: www.ems-evolves.com Linde, Hydrogen Energy: http://tinyurl.com/linde-hydrogen-energy-h2 Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-3): www.fz-juelich.de/iek/iek-3/EN
Servco completes first public hydrogen station on Oahu, starts leasing Toyota Mirai FCEVs
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he first publicly accessible hydrogen refueling station has been inaugurated in Oahu, the thirdlargest of the Hawaiian Islands. The station, located at the corporate offices of automotive dealership Servco Pacific in Honolulu, will serve the Toyota Mirai fuel cell electric vehicles that Servco has just begun leasing to customers. The hydrogen station – from an unnamed supplier – is located at Servco’s flagship Toyota dealership in Mapunapuna, and was fully funded by Servco, without any grants or public funding [FCB, September 2017, p5]. It can produce up to 20 kg/day of hydrogen, and store approximately 100 kg of hydrogen onsite, enough for up to 12 vehicle fill-ups. The station’s highpressure dispenser provides a hydrogen fill-up in approximately 5 minutes, comparable to refueling a car with gasoline or diesel. Servco launched the Toyota Mirai at the end of July, with a limited number of vehicles offered under leasing with a down payment; servicing and hydrogen fuel is included. Hawaii is the second state in the US to sell the Mirai, after California [February 2018, p2]; Servco brought the first Mirai production vehicles to Hawaii in 2016. Three years ago the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) commissioned a Fast-Fill 700 bar hydrogen fueling station at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu [July 2015, p8], to support a fleet of General Motors Equinox Fuel Cell cars leased by the Office of Naval Research for use by Marine Corps and Navy personnel on Oahu [March 2012, p2]. Servco Pacific: www.servco.com Toyota Hawaii, Mirai: www.toyotamirai.com Toyota, Fuel Cell Technology: http://tinyurl.com/toyota-fcevs
August 2018