Linde North America’s latest hydrogen fuelling station officially began operation yesterday. Located in California and serving 12 vehicles a day, the facility has been dubbed ‘best’ in the country.
The Emeryville, California-based hydrogen fuelling station, which began operation in late 2011, is one of two Linde is supplying to AC Transit. The second, located at the Oakland operating division, is expected to go live in 2013. Both stations are part of AC Transit’s HyRoad project, which seeks to demonstrate the commercial viability of hydrogen fuel cell technology for the public transport industry.
This is the first public hydrogen fuelling station in the San Francisco Bay area. According to Linde it meets industry needs for fast fueling and includes both 700 and 350 bar fueling. Daimler, which has tested fuel cell cars at the station on several occasions, described the station as “the best we have filled at in the United States”.
We believe you are judged by the company you keep, and Linde is proud to partner with a leader in municipal transit, AC Transit.
Pat Murphy, President of Linde North America
Rosario Beretta, General Manager for Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. added, “Performance-wise, it meets the Daimler requirement of a three-to-four minute complete fill with a delivered gas temperature of -40ºC, the best available today. In addition to fill performance, the station reliably demonstrated the capability to fill four fuel cell vehicles back-to-back.”
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