ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) announced it has started constructing the Middle East’s first ultra-fast hydrogen fueling station. Developed in Masdar City, the station will produce clean hydrogen from water using an electrically powered electrolyzer backed by a clean electricity grid.
Hydrogen is a clean fuel that causes no carbon emissions when used and offers the highest stored energy density per unit mass among other fuels. This enables vehicles that use it to travel longer distances and refuel more quickly than battery-operated electric vehicles.
In this endeavor, ADNOC is partnering with Toyota Motor Corporation and Al-Futtaim Motors to test the ultra-fast hydrogen fueling station using a range of clean hydrogen vehicles.
On this occasion, Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, CEO of ADNOC and its group of companies, stated, “ADNOC is implementing an ambitious low-carbon growth strategy in response to the urgent need to reduce emissions and the impacts of climate change. The company is also making significant investments to reinforce its position as a preferred supplier of future clean energy.”
He added, “Hydrogen is an essential fuel for a responsible, logical, gradual, practical, and equitable energy transition, contributing to wide-scale emission reduction. This step is part of ADNOC’s development and expansion plans. Through this pilot program, the company aims to collect important data on how hydrogen technology operates in the transport sector as it continues its pursuit to develop the country’s hydrogen infrastructure.”
Toyota and Al-Futtaim Motors will provide a fleet of hydrogen-powered vehicles. The pilot program will assist ADNOC in studying the use of ultra-fast hydrogen fueling technology in transport projects, supporting the UAE’s national hydrogen strategy, which aims to establish the country among the largest hydrogen producers by 2031.
ADNOC Distribution will operate the station upon its completion later this year. A second station will be equipped and supplied with conventional hydrogen fueling systems in Dubai’s Golf City.
It’s worth noting that ADNOC has allocated 55 billion AED (about $15 billion) to develop and accelerate low-carbon solutions and invest in new energies and emission reduction technologies to decrease the carbon intensity of its operations by 25% by 2030, enabling its ambition to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
