European Union
Hydrogen Highway

The European Union hydrogen highway network is at present a loose affiliation of H2 refueling stations developed by various countries. Leading the charge is Germany who has the most hydrogen refueling stations with 26 followed by everyone else.

	European Union Hydrogen Highway

But, the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have recently voted to develop the EU hydrogen highway network system in regard to technological and safety standards among the different countries. Denmark hopes to link the Norway HyNor Project with the mainland European nations with their Hydrogen Link project.

As you can see from the map most of the Western European nations have at least started to develop their hydrogen refueling station network. What is needed now are standards so that drivers of hydrogen cars know that wherever they travel in the EU, then will be able to find compressed hydrogen at 5,000 psi or 10,000 psi or liquid hydrogen depending upon the vehicle they are driving.

Iceland, not pictured in the map, has the oldest hydrogen fueling station opened in 2003 and a few other demonstration projects such as those in the United Kingdom have come and gone with the end of the project.

As of September 2008, here are the EU hydrogen fueling stations (open or planned):

• Austria 2
• Belgium 2
• Denmark 6
• France 5
• Germany 26
• Greece 1
• Iceland 1
• Italy 5
• Luxembourg 1
• Norway 7
• Portugal 1
• Spain 2
• Sweden 2
• Switzerland 1
• The Netherlands 2
• United Kingdom 2

The number of EU hydrogen fueling stations is close to the number of U. S. stations number 60 at the moment with more planned in the future.