Chancellor Olaf Scholz took time for the opening of a new H2 gas station four days before the federal election. In Bremerhaven, together with representatives of HY.City.Bremerhaven as well as Bremen's mayor Andreas Bovenschulte and SPD member of the Bundestag Uwe Schmidt, Scholz cut the ribbon, releasing the operating activities. The planning and design work had taken five years – the actual construction period "only" one year.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at the opening, “We want and will remain a strong, successful industrial country. We will only succeed in the long run if we prioritize being CO2-neutral as part of our prosperity.”
The project Hy.City.Bremerhaven is part of the Hyways for Future market activation program for the transport sector establishment of green hydrogen in the metropolitan region Northwest Germany. As part of the HyLand program of the national innovation program for hydrogen and fuel cell technology, it was funded with a total of 5.5 million euros by the German ministry of digital and transport infrastructure.
