Do you want to switch your baggage fleet, apron vehicles or shuttle buses to hydrogen?
We supply hydrogen-powered units – such as baggage tractors and special vehicles – reliably and flexibly, including directly at the point of use.
Whether a pressure-transfer panel as a temporary fuelling solution or the planning and construction of stationary hydrogen filling stations at the airport: we develop safe, scalable infrastructure and supply concepts for low-emission ground operations.
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Hydrogen mobility at Hamburg Airport – building sustainable infrastructure for airport operations
Hamburg Airport is the largest international commercial airport in northern Germany and the fifth-largest airport in Germany – with more than 15,000 employees and over 14 million passengers a year. The goal is to cut the greenhouse gas emissions of airport operations to zero by 2035.
15.000+
employees at Hamburg Airport
14 Mio.
passengers a year
2035
Goal: net zero in airport operations
Trialling hydrogen vehicles in airport operations
A hydrogen-powered baggage tractor prototype is being trialled as part of a test programme. Around 60 baggage tractors are currently in use at Hamburg Airport; the trial runs over the summer months.
“With this trial we are closing the gap between theory and practice. Converting existing vehicles offers a realistic and scalable route to making our ground services CO₂-free step by step – a decisive building block of our climate strategy.”
— Julian Klaaßen, project manager NET ZERO 2035 at Hamburg Airport
Flexible hydrogen supply by FPS.Energy
FPS.Energy (formerly Ryze Power GmbH) provides a mobile fuelling panel and delivers fuel-cell-grade hydrogen by tube trailer. One to five fuelling operations take place each day at a pressure level of 350 bar, with 15 to 40 kilograms of hydrogen per fuelling.
Outlook: expanding the hydrogen infrastructure at Hamburg Airport
In the long term the temporary solution is to be replaced by a permanent, container-based hydrogen refuelling station (HRS), initially supplied by truck.
Advancing hydrogen technology for ground handling
The first project for an H2 baggage tractor started back in 2019, trialled at Bristol Airport, Cranfield University and Riga Airport. The current test marks a further milestone: the first hydrogen combustion engine integrated into a series vehicle already in service – in collaboration with the company HTM, which combines a dual hydrogen combustion engine with an electric drive system. The project is also supported by the Norddeutsches Reallabor (NRL).
“The trial is an important step towards fossil-free ground handling. By converting an existing vehicle we show how sustainable solutions can be integrated concretely into existing airport processes.”
— Silas Hofmann, CTO and co-founder of HTM
Contributing to the decarbonisation of airport operations
By building flexible and, in time, stationary hydrogen infrastructure, FPS.Energy makes a concrete contribution to decarbonising airport operations – from mobile fuelling to a long-term supply solution.