SOCAR building first hydrogen filling station in Switzerland

SOCAR Energy Switzerland is building the first hydrogen filling station on a Swiss motorway at the Grauholz Süd filling station near Bern, Report informs, citing the company.

The Swiss energy company SOCAR is thus making an important contribution to a nationwide network of hydrogen filling stations for sustainable mobility.

Construction has already started. The hydrogen filling station is expected to be ready for operation by the end of May.

The SOCAR hydrogen filling station Grauholz Süd near Bern will be the first of its kind on a Swiss motorway and the first to be operated by SOCAR.

"In future, the Grauholz Süd hydrogen filling station will form a cornerstone for the supply of hydrogen to Swiss road traffic", emphasizes Edgar Bachmann, CEO of SOCAR Energy Switzerland: "Hydrogen technology offers ideal conditions for sustainably reducing CO2 emissions in road traffic. With the realisation of the first SOCAR hydrogen filling station in Switzerland, we are making an important contribution to sustainable mobility and thus a contribution to the energy transition."

The Grauholz Süd filling station on the motorway from Bern to Zurich is expected to operate one hydrogen dispenser for cars and one for trucks, with 700 bar and 350 bar, respectively, from the end of May. A daily delivery quantity of up to 600 kilogrammes of hydrogen will be available. SOCAR will sell only green hydrogen.

The conversion work at the Grauholz Süd filling station will begin on Monday, 13 February. The opening ceremony is planned for June.