The European Commission’s latest funding decision for alternative fuels infrastructure landed with a strange twist. On paper, the bloc approved support for 38 new hydrogen refueling stations spread across the continent.
In practice, almost all of them are going to a single country. Spain secured roughly four out of five stations in this round, which puts it at the center of an infrastructure buildout that is moving in the opposite direction from the rest of Europe
The scale of the EU funding approval is substantial, with more than US$ 700 million (€600 million) committed across a wide range of projects that genuinely strengthen Europe’s transport decarbonization efforts
Source: Clean Technica: Read The Article
PSR Analysis: While Spain moves forward with hydrogen, the rest of Europe has moved away with Austria, Germany, Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom, all shutting down stations rapidly. Even in France, only a limited number of stations remain operational and most are dependent on direct municipal support. The economics of hydrogen depend on high throughput, yet the vehicles have never arrived in sufficient numbers to justify the investment. PSR
Guy Youngs is Forecast and Technology Adoption Lead at Power Systems Research
