Saudi Aramco opens first hydrogen fuelling station

Saudi Aramco and Air Products took media in a tour Sunday to visit the recently inaugurated hydrogen fuelling station in Saudi Arabia at Air Products' at the new Technology Center in the Dhahran Techno Valley Science Park.

The pilot station fuels a fleet of fuel cell electric vehicles owned by Aramco and Air Products with high-purity compressed hydrogen. The event comes amid growing international recognition of hydrogen's benefits. Chairman of Air Products in Saudi Arabia Peter Hortig said they find Saudi Arabia as "an ideal place to push the limits of the future of energy of clean energy further. Hydrogen, which is an eco-friendly energy source, burns clean when mixed with oxygen in a fuel cell.

It is expected that fuel cell electric vehicles will have a driving range of 500km with Hydrogen and the ability to be fuelled in five minutes, while traditional battery electric vehicles need an hour of electric charging.