Mobility

Driving on green hydrogen

Green hydrogen offers opportunities for making mobility sustainable. That is why from 2022, the Greenpoint hydrogen fuelling station in Oude-Tonge will produce green hydrogen on site for individuals and corporate road users, the chemical industry and industry.

An electrolyser with a capacity of 2 MW produces green hydrogen for the fuelling station. Powered by green energy from the island (sun, wind and the storage shed). The fuelling station supplies the produced hydrogen directly to road users. Furthermore, the fuelling station gains a function as a hub. That means a surplus of green hydrogen in tube trailers can also be used at other locations and supplied to users in the chemical industry and industry.

Objectives

Achieving a filling station and a hub at the Greenpoint hydrogen fuelling station for local production and distribution of green hydrogen for individuals and corporate drivers as well as other future hydrogen filling stations on the island and the Province of South Holland. Greenpoint is going to produce green hydrogen for mobility, the urban environment, chemical industry and industry.

Storage shed for the future

What means Storage shed for te Future?
The storage of agricultural products such as potatoes, onions, wheat and carrots uses a lot of energy. It is still customary to cool or heat storages with fossil fuels. Even though the facilities themselves offer very different solutions. For example, the roof of the sheds is ideal for installing solar panels and for catching rainwater.
Also the rinsing water (rainwater and wastewater) that ends up on the surrounding yard is easy to store in cellars under the shed. Even the water that is formed through a process of dehumidification of the stored products flows into the storage cellar. Previously all this water would disappear into the ditches, unuses.

CO2-neutral in all respects
All the water that is collected is a source of opportunities. After purification, it is useful for the production of hydrogen. It is also suitable to irrigate the crops, a much less expensive and a more environmentally alternative to tap water.
The purified water is suitable for the carwash and wash-boxes at the fuelling station. The collected water is also useful to heat or cool the storages using a heat pump. This pump and all the needed equipment operate on the energy that is generated by the solar panels.

Relationship Storage shed for the Future and Hydrogen Fuelling Station
The van Peperstraten Group’s farm collects more water and produces more energy than it needs. This excess energy and purified water gets sent directly to Greenpoint Oude-Tonge bij pipes and cables. Therefore, all electrical equipment runs on solar energy.
The charging stations for electrical cars work thanks to the solar panels attached on to the petrol station and the storage buildings. Moreover, the carwash drains water form six jet wash-boxes filled with purified rainwater.

Progress

Swipe through the timelines to see the steps taken in this project.

Level 1

Phase 1: Research

Level 1

Phase 1: Research

This phase consists of three levels, each focused on research. To start with, we have a specific technology or innovation in mind. There are assumptions about the working principles, the business case and feasibility. Extensive preliminary research is required to validate these assumptions. Based on this research, we can accurately formulate the technical concept and the scope. The first tests then lead to a proof of concept.

Level 2

Phase 2: Innovation

Level 2

Phase 2: Innovation

The development phase is intended to further test the proof of concept from the research phase. That often occurs using basic prototypes on a small scale, for example in a lab or test environment. If successful, the following step is to test the technology in a relevant environment – a situation comparable to the future application. The prototypes are usually further defined in this stage. As such, a prototype is developed that demonstrates how the technology works.

Level 3

Phase 3: Pilots and demonstrations

Level 3

Phase 3: Pilots and demonstrations

In this phase, the emphasis shifts from the technological operation to issues such as production and certification. The system itself is, in fact, operational in a pilot or demonstration project. Once in practice, further fine-tuning and optimisation are unavoidable. This is also the phase to introduce the innovation to the market and to prepare for production.

Level 4

Phase 4: Ready to use

Level 4

Phase 4: Ready to use

The pilot and demonstration phase help make the innovation technically and commercially ready for production and market introduction.

Learning objectives

How can the use of diesel and petrol be phased out on the island? The starting point for this project is that an ample and flexible supply of green electricity and hydrogen can reduce the consumption of fossil fuels step by step. A condition for this is that electric and hydrogen cars, lorries and tractors come onto the market.

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