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First Hydrogen Refuelling Station with Shell Opens
First Hydrogen Refuelling Station with Shell Opens.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 5348X ITM Power PLC 22 February 2017 \n\n 22 February 2017\n \nITM Power plc\n(\"ITM Power\" or \"the Company\")\n \nFirst Hydrogen Refuelling Station with Shell Opens\n \nITM Power (AIM: ITM), the energy storage and clean fuel company, announces, with Shell, the official opening of the first hydrogen station to be situated on a forecourt in the UK. The hydrogen refuelling station is located at Cobham services on the M25, the nation's busiest refuelling station. The station is ITM Power's fourth public hydrogen refuelling station to be opened in the UK.\n \nThe station opening has been welcomed by industry:\n \nDr. Graham Cooley, CEO of ITM Power, said: \"ITM Power is pleased to partner with Shell to bring their first forecourt hydrogen refuelling site to life. Electrolytic hydrogen is the cleanest, and lowest cost, renewable fuel available for fuel cell electric vehicles. We look forward to working with Shell to introduce additional hydrogen stations on their forecourts in the UK in the near future.\"\n \nSinead Lynch, Shell's UK Country Chair, commented: \"We believe the journey to a low-carbon economy requires a coordinated and collaborative approach among organisations in the transport sector, including providers of energy and transport vehicles, users of transport vehicles, local authorities as well as government. The Cobham retail site is a small but significant first step toward developing infrastructure needed for increased usage of hydrogen vehicles.\"\n \nFCH JU Executive Director, Bart Biebuyck, commenting on the opening: \"While FCH JU project HyFIVE has already delivered significant results and contributed to addressing major EU challenges, we are very pleased to see an important industry player joining the venture. The opening of Shell's first station in the UK occurs one month after the Hydrogen Council announcement at Davos, and reinforces the industrial commitment towards decarbonisation.\"\n \nPaul Van der Burgh, Toyota (GB) President and Managing Director, said: \"The opening of Shell's first forecourt hydrogen refuelling station at Cobham, the seventh hydrogen station in the country, is the result of collaboration, cooperation and determination from gover...