Electrolyser system provider ITM Power and oil company Shell are aiming to increase the number of hydrogen filling stations in the UK, having gained permission to build a hydrogen refuelling station at the Shell Filling Station in Beaconsfield. The M40 services station will be the first hydrogen station to be made part of the fuel forecourt. ITM Power has been granted previous planning permission for other forecourt sites in Cobham, Cambridge and Gatwick, with an agreement made with Shell to build at all three locations. Hydrogen is produced by splitting water into its constituent parts – hydrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide – using electricity.
Electrolyser system provider ITM Power and oil company Shell are aiming to increase the number of hydrogen filling stations in the UK, having gained permission to build a hydrogen refuelling station at the Shell Filling Station in Beaconsfield. The M40 services station will be the first hydrogen station to be made part of the fuel forecourt. ITM Power has been granted previous planning permission for other forecourt sites in Cobham, Cambridge and Gatwick, with an agreement made with Shell to build at all three locations. The Cobham HRS will be open for public use in early 2017, with commissioning currently underway.