ROME – Not just electric vehicles for more sustainable mobility. Although the automotive market currently appears to be concentrated on the electrical transition, due to its characteristics that allow for more immediate mass diffusion, there is no lack of alternative solutions. This is the case of Galileo Technologies, an Argentine company world leader in natural gas technologies that after thirty years of research has presented a new compact hydrogen refueling station. Unlike other similar structures, the new station promises fast refueling times in just three minutes, making it very competitive compared to other “green” solutions such as the electric one.
Clearly referring to a hydrogen module and to distinguish it from its gas-like ones, the headquarters decided to call it the new station “H-Patagonia”. The compact system can offer compression, storage and hydrogen refueling for light vehicles, fleets of buses, trucks, boats and other fuel cell vehicles. According to data released by Galileo Technologies, the station provides users with two dispensing nozzles for compressed hydrogen at 35 and 70 megapascals (MPa).
“We have seen how fuel cell costs have more than halved in recent years and are now close to 3 percent of 2005, while their durability and performance have reached new record levels. – stated Osvaldo del Campo, CEO of Galileo Technologies – Although there is still a lot to develop in particular with reference to the automotive industry to optimize costs, one of the main obstacles between consumers and fuel cell vehicles is the lack of hydrogen refueling infrastructure. Only by removing the barriers for consumers will we be able to develop the critical mass of demand that will put fuel cell vehicles on the roads and which, in turn, will justify more hydrogen production. ”
In short, if the charging infrastructure currently represents a strong obstacle to the real mass diffusion of electric vehicles, there is still a long way to go for those powered by hydrogen. (mr)
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