Following the delivery of the bus fleet and the securing of a green hydrogen supply, Weser-Ems-Bus has commissioned a mobile hydrogen refuelling station in Lower Saxony, enabling the rapid deployment of its hydrogen buses while awaiting the completion of a permanent refuelling station.

As many local authorities transition their fleets to hydrogen mobility, synchronising the deployment schedules of vehicles, refuelling infrastructure and associated equipment can prove challenging. Mobile refuelling stations provide an immediately available solution to secure the start-up phase of hydrogen mobility projects.

The mobile refuelling station operates at 350 bar, the pressure level commonly used for hydrogen-powered buses and commercial vehicles.

Before the station came on line, several refuelling scenarios were modelled based on the anticipated hydrogen demand of the buses. These assumptions are now being validated under real operating conditions. Actual refuelling operations have shown that buses can be refuelled more quickly than anticipated in the original simulations. As a result, the station has met – and in some cases exceeded – the expectations of the project partners.