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Hydrogen Refuelling Stations (HRS)

No.

Parameter

Unit

State of the art

FCH 2 JU target

2012

International SoA 2017*

2020

2024

2030

1

Lifetime

years

na

10

12

15

20

2

Durability

years

na

-

5

10

15

3

Energy consumption

kWh/kg

na

10

5

4

3

4

Availability

%

na

95

96

98

99

5

Mean time between failures (MTBF)

days

na

20

48

72

168

6

Annual maintenance cost

EUR/kg

na

-

1.0

0.5

0.3

7

Labour

Person h/kh

na

-

70

28

16

8

CAPEX for the HRS

Thousand EUR/

(kg/day)

7.5

7

4-2.1

3-1.6

2.4-1.3

9

Cost of renewable hydrogen

EUR/kg

13

12*

11

9

6

Notes:

1. Total number of hours of station operation.

2. Time that the HRS without its major components/parts (storage, compressor, pump) being replaced, is able to operate (storage shall be changed when the number of cycle reaches the regulatory limit. Replacement of hydraulic compressor is forecasted between 10 to 15 years).

3. Station energy consumption per kg of hydrogen dispensed when station is loaded at 80% of its daily capacity - For HRS which stores H2 in gaseous form, at ambient temperature, and dispense H2 at 700 bar in GH2 from a source of >30 bar hydrogen.

4. Percent amount of hours that the hydrogen refuelling station is able to operate versus the total number of hours that it is intended to be able to operate (consider any amount of time for maintenance or upgrades as time at which the station should have been operational).

5. Parts and labour based on a 200 kg/day throughput of the HRS. Includes also local maintenance infrastructure. Does not include the costs of the remote and central operating and maintenance centre.

6. Person -hours of labour for the system maintenance per 1,000 h of operations over the station complete lifetime.

7. Total costs incurred for the construction or acquisition of the hydrogen refuelling station, including on-site storage. Exclude land cost & excluding the hydrogen production unit. Target ranges refer to a 200 kg/day station and a 1000kg/day station.

8. Cost for the hydrogen dispensed (at the pump), considering OPEX and CAPEX according to the operator's business model

*for cost aspects, when relevant, the European SoA is indicated and labelled with an asterisk