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Ebersberger district gets two hydrogen filling stations

2022-06-30T03:51:31.260Z


The city of Grafing has approved plans for a hydrogen filling station. Glonn also waves the long-discussed project through, but with different specifications.


The city of Grafing has approved plans for a hydrogen filling station.

Glonn also waves the long-discussed project through, but with different specifications.

Grafing - It is a second attempt to set up a hydrogen filling station in Grafing.

In the most recent meeting of the Grafinger building committee, the way was paved for a new commercial area on Münchener Straße to the east of the existing Lentner site.

A first push towards the new gas station west of the road in an open field had been met with sharp protests from the residents there.

60 people were there in the town hall.

But this time it was quiet.

Against the votes of Walter Schmidtke (Bavarian Party), Josef Biesenberger and Ottilie Eberl (both Greens), the majority of the committee approved the entry into the corresponding land use plan change.

"The property owner shows willingness," informed Bauer about preliminary talks.

"There is a special settlement request", namely for a hydrogen filling station.

Unlike the planned project in Glonn (see box), the offer is aimed at end customers, so it should be open to the public.

"This area is in no way suitable for the residential development originally favored by the current landowner," explained the head of the building authority, Josef Niedermaier.

Investor wants to relocate his conventional gas station from the city

The area is burdened by railway lines and state roads.

The city council has been dealing with this area for 15 years, now there is an opportunity to build a hydrogen filling station here.

There is also a private investor who can no longer cope with the space available at his previous petrol station on Rotter Strasse.

“At the moment, the cars are backing up onto the road,” Bauer described the situation.

The site is accessed via an additional traffic roundabout to the north.

An old farmstead on the edge of the new commercial area is to be excluded and converted into an "urban area" so that commercial and residential areas do not interfere.

In addition to hydrogen, chemical H2 and classic fuels, the filling station should also offer charging stations for electric cars.

The district of Ebersberg lags behind when it comes to hydrogen filling stations in a national comparison

During the discussion, Christian Kerschner (SPD) wanted to know how high the expected trade tax for the new gas station would be.

"He does more business with cigarettes than with hydrogen," he speculated.

However, Kerschner conceded that, statistically speaking, there are on average two hydrogen filling stations in each district.

For the operation of up to five buses powered by this alternative fuel, the district has promised a subsidy of 850,000 euros for investment costs.

However, according to information from the administration, the Grafinger investor Manfred Singer will realize the filling station as a purely private investment.

"We have the opportunity to help shape a future trend here," said Bauer.

Ottilie Eberl from the Greens was rather critical of the project: "There is no foreseeable that we will get the electricity for it, there would have to be a wind turbine in the immediate vicinity." To explain: For the production of hydrogen and oxygen from normal water in the electrolysis process needs it a lot of electricity.

"First the green electricity has to come, then we can distribute it," said Biesenberger.

On-site generation of the fuel is currently not common at hydrogen filling stations.

Max Graf von Rechberg (CSU) is certain: "Individual transport will remain." In this context, Niedermaier recalled that the new gas station could be "reached cheaply" via the B 304.

Claus Eimer (FDP) put forward another fundamental argument: "We need trade because we need jobs and trade tax."

In the open field to the west of the state road, too, the city is determined to want to set up businesses here.

However, there should be companies that do not further burden the residents on Gustl-Waldau-Straße.

Glonner bus operator Ettenhuber is allowed to build on his company premises

The main committee of the municipal council approved the long-term plan of the Glonner bus company Ettenhuber to build a hydrogen filling station at the company site in Schlacht with 8:1 votes on Tuesday.

However, the entrepreneur is limited to supplying his own vehicles - according to his own statements, the company has already ordered 20 hydrogen buses, which should be 20 in the coming years, half of the current vehicle stock at the location.

"Ideally, we can refuel our entire fleet," says company boss Josef Ettenhuber.

According to the minutes of the meeting, the plan is to store less than three tons of hydrogen.

The project had been repeatedly delayed due to concerns in the Glonner municipal council - to the displeasure of the entrepreneur,

who feared inability to act when switching to climate-friendly drives and was already flirting with another location (we reported).

"Right, that something happens," he comments on the decision.

You can read more news from the Ebersberg region here.

By the way: everything from the region is also available in our regular Ebersberg newsletter. 

Source: merkur

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