The planning tool “SiteTOOL” is intended to plan the infrastructure and the need for alternative fuels nationwide and to calculate the need for further expansion. In addition to the charging infrastructure for battery vehicles, it is now possible to plan the needs-based expansion of the hydrogen filling station network.
Potential hydrogen filling station locations are shown in the LocationTOOL as potential supply areas. The basis for this is conventional filling stations, which can be expanded, as well as the existing H2 filling station network of currently 84 locations. The LocationTOOL identifies areas for hydrogen filling stations for cars and trucks so that they are accessible to as many customers as possible and can enable as many goods to be transported as possible.
The tool was developed on behalf of the federally owned NOW GmbH. Its managing director Kurt-Christoph von Knobelsdorff explained that the EU is demanding “the appropriate provision of infrastructure for the alternative fuels electricity, hydrogen and natural gas in all member states”. The LocationTOOL supports planning for charging infrastructure.
For example, the program analyzes the status quo, developments over the next few years and the federal government's objectives. The determination of future needs is based on traffic flows, socio-economic data as well as user and spatial structures. For example, the number of charging points and filling stations that are necessary for an existing motorway junction can be calculated in order to avoid longer waiting times. The results are displayed on the website in the form of a map.
The LocationTOOL project is financed with around two million euros by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. It runs for four years and ends in 2022. The development is being carried out by a consortium of RWTH Aachen, IVV engineering group, DLR and the Reiner Lemoine Institute.
Deep link:
https://www.standorttool.de/
https://www.now-gmbh.de/de/aktuelles/presse/naechste-ausbaustufe-des-standorttools-durch-integration-von-wasserstoff
https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/DE/Artikel/G/standorttool-infopapier.html
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Potential hydrogen filling station locations are presented in the LocationTOOL as potential supply areas. / © NOW GmbH
