Hydrogen network for London and South East

The UK’s first integrated hydrogen powered transport system has been agreed for London and the South East, as part of a three year  project.

The government-backed initiative co-funded by the Technology Strategy Board involves a consortium of companies with expertise in hydrogen transport working together to deliver a publicly accessible, state-of-the-art fast-fill 700 bar renewable hydrogen fuelling station network. The project will also deploy new hydrogen vehicles in London; including a number of Hyundai hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and Revolve hydrogen powered vans.

Major car manufacturers have confirmed that the hydrogen vehicles available for purchase in the UK from 2014/15 will require 700 bar fuelling systems. The LHNE project will upgrade the existing fuelling station located near Heathrow Airport to 700 bar and deliver a brand new fuelling station with this specification in London. In addition, the project will increase accessibility to the dual pressure fuelling station at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire, and the Transport for London station in Stratford. These developments will create the first network of 700 bar fuelling stations in the UK, ready to meet an increasing demand for hydrogen fuel. The functionality of this network will then be proved by a fleet of hydrogen vans which will be operated by Commercial Group as part of their delivery network.

The LHNE consortium comprises of Air Products, Cenex, Commercial Group, Element Energy, Heathrow Airport Ltd and Revolve Technologies Ltd and the project is co-funded by a grant from the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board.