WaterstofNet Hydrogen Fuelling Station Now Open at Colruyt’s Headquarters in Brussels
21 Feb 2012
The WaterstofNet Hydrogen Fuelling Station at Colruyt’s headquarters and central warehouse in Brussels was officially opened earlier this month. The inauguration was led by Mr. Colruyt and was attended by the Flemish Minister-President Kris Peeters, as well as Adwin Martens, Executive Director of WaterstofNet and member of HyER, Flanders Region.
The station will be used for refuelling forklifts, buses and other vehicles. It features Hydrogenics’ fifth-generation HYSTAT 30 water electrolyser, a compressor, a high pressure cascade storage and a 350 bar dispenser to supply up to 65 kg of clean hydrogen fuel per day.
Pictured left to right is:
- Adwin Mertens, Executive Director of WaterstofNet, the organisation established by the Governments of Flanders and southern Netherlands within the context of the European Interregional Program which coordinates the implementation of hydrogen throughout the region;
- Jef Colruyt, Head of the Colruyt Group, a leading chain of retail stores in Belgium and France;
- Kris Peters, Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Economy, Foreign Policy, Agriculture and Rural Policy;
- Filip Smeets, General Manager of Hydrogenics Europe
Source: HyER
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