The panel aims to discuss current station performance including latest progress and remaining technical challenges, available refueling solutions (on-site/off-site, mobile/stationary etc.), adapting depots to large FCB fleets, maintenance and safety requirements and ecosystem approach. 

The discussion will be moderated by the Clean Hydrogen JU, an organisation with >15 years’ experience supporting deployment and demonstration of hydrogen refuelling stations and vehicles. Flagship hydrogen bus projects supported by the Clean Hydrogen JU include CHIC, JIVE, and JIVE 2.   

Air Products and Messer are international gas companies with extensive experience in the safe production, storage, distribution, and dispensing of hydrogen. Air Products recently commissioned a high-capacity refuelling station in Crawley (UK) which is the first liquid hydrogen refuelling station for buses in Europe. Messer, in partnership with Toyota Group, has developed a “H2 One Stop Shop” solution designed to provide operators with a predictable total cost of ownership for hydrogen buses.  

Sasa is the biggest Public Transport Company in the Sudtyrol Region. The service  is deployed in 38 City with 74 lines Urban and Extra Urban routesand more than 17 million kilometers per Year on Sudtyrol Region. Since 2013 SASA operate with  Fuelcell Buses and relevant Infrastructure collecting an important set of data that define the basic requirements for Decarbonization Plan. Technology neutral approach, Agile Planning and Infrastructure Investements are the pillars of such challenging plan with the goal to reach 180 FCV  and 200 BEV by 2028. 

OBGD (OV-bureau Groningen Drenthe, transport authority of the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe) owns 20 hydrogen buses in Groningen and 10 in Emmen and is a part of the JIVE 2 project. OBGD has had their hydrogen buses running for many years and will share with the audience the reasons behind the choice of their HRS technology and the key learnings from operating and maintaining their stations as well as covering the topic of the station software, past and future upgrade expected to the station and hydrogen supply.

Moderator:

• Lionel Boillot, Project Officer, Clean Hydrogen JU

Panel:

• Erwan Bruneau, H2fM Product Manager Europe, Air Products
• Andreas Noky, Project Manager Hydrogen Refuelling Stations, Messer
• Flip Konings, Sustainability Advisor, OBGD (OV-bureau Groningen Drenthe)
• Luigi Lugaro, Chief Technology Officer, SASA (Bolzano)