Building of refuelling station at Colruyt Group (Halle, near Brussels)
Hydrogen region Flanders- South of the Netherlands

2012

Within the framework of the Interreg project "Hydrogen Region Flanders - South Netherlands"
Hydrogenics - commissioned by WaterstofNet - built the first hydrogen filling station for
hydrogen at 350 bar in Flanders, at the Colruyt Group logistics site in Halle. Green electricity (wind and sun) is converted into hydrogen via electrolysis.

The hydrogen filling station was opened in February 2012 and a test program on hydrogen forklift trucks was started.

The role of WaterstofNet

WaterstofNet was the client for the construction of the hydrogen filling station and
was responsible for its operation until 2017. The exploitation has continued since then
Colruyt Group.

The station has been expanded into a smart grid environment (Don Quichote) within the Don Quichote project.
An indoor refueling system has been installed for faster refueling of the forklifts (Hydrogen Region 2.0).
And the filling station has been expanded to 700 bar (public hydrogen filling station), so that cars can also be refueled (Hydrogen Region 2.0).