Belgium, Brussels
The first Belgian hydrogen filling station has been inaugurated in Brussels by Total in the presence of the Flemish Ministry for Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade. Linde developed the technology which allows the low-temperature liquid hydrogen to be stored next to the station, as well as the refuelling system. The Total filling station, which is situated on the Paris-bound carriageway of the E19 motorway, was built as part of the cooperation of BMW and Total.
"As a pioneer in hydrogen technology Linde has a particular
responsibility to promote sustainable mobility based on hydrogen", said
Dr Aldo Belloni, member of the Executive Board of Linde AG. "It is
vitally important that we work in tandem with politicians, scientists
and economic decision-makers in order to continue to develop and
improve the infrastructures and technologies required for the use of
hydrogen as a fuel."
Miguel del Marmol, Managing Director of TOTAL BELGIUM, explained "With
this new station, TOTAL shows that the distribution of’ hydrogen can be
perfectly integrated in a motorway service station."
According to Linde, the advantage of liquid hydrogen (LH2) over
compressed gaseous hydrogen (CGH2) is that it has a significantly
higher energy density. This higher energy density means that more
energy can be saved when the hydrogen is transported from the
production site to the filling station than is required for the
liquefaction of the gas. The amount of space required to store liquid
hydrogen at the filling station is much less than for gaseous hydrogen.
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