Operation and expansion of the HRS at the Automotive Campus Helmond 
Hydrogen Region Flanders - South of the Netherlands 
Hydrogen Region 2.0

2009 -2021

Within the Interreg project 'Hydrogen Region Flanders - Southern Netherlands', PitPoint - on behalf of WaterstofNet - developed and built the first filling station with electrolysis in the Netherlands on the site of the Automotive Campus in Helmond.

This was the first hydrogen refuelling station in the Benelux to be equipped with an electrolysis system, which allows vehicles to refuel at 350 bar (buses, garbage trucks,…) and vehicles at 700 bar (cars).

The filling station has been operational since 2013 and is used as a test platform for various types of hydrogen vehicles from other hydrogen projects. In addition, it is used by motorists who drive a hydrogen car.

Outcome 

Station expansion

Due to the increasing demand for hydrogen for various vehicle applications, the hydrogen filling station was expanded in 2018 within the Hydrogen Region 2.0 project, both in terms of production (60 Nm³ / h) and compression capacity.

Relocation of station to Veldhoven

At the end of 2021, the station was taken over by TotalEnergies.

Due to the increasing number of end-users and their requirements, it was no longer possible for WaterstofNet to keep the hydrogen refuelling station operational according to today's requirements. In addition, the hydrogen refuelling station had to be upgraded and moved to a publicly accessible location.

On 23 June, it was officially opened as a public refuelling station by TotalEnergies.

The publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling station is located at De Run 4230 in Veldhoven, near the De Hogt interchange in the Eindhoven ring road before the junction of the A2 and N2 motorways with the A67.