H2 MOBILITY expands service portfolio: GHG quota service for hydrogen filling station operators

H2 MOBILITY now offers a GHG quota service for hydrogen filling station operators. With this service, the company provides third parties with access to the GHG quota trading market, sells the saved greenhouse gas emissions in bundles, and simultaneously ensures legally compliant documentation. This service enables access to the GHG quota trading market, thus offering all providers non-discriminatory participation in the market.

Trading in greenhouse gas (GHG) savings is complex and presents challenges for many hydrogen refueling station operators. Regulatory requirements, complex verification procedures, and volatile market mechanisms make the process time- and resource-intensive. Furthermore, market access remains partially blocked due to difficult-to-achieve minimum GHG savings.

H2 MOBILITY’s service offering includes the secure, intra-year marketing of emission savings, timely and legally compliant documentation, regular price updates, and a modular service structure. A key aspect of the offering is the bundling of GHG savings from various operators and the selection of a strategic sales timing to improve negotiating power. This allows operators who were previously denied access to the GHG market due to a lack of expertise or small volumes to participate.

With this business unit, H2 MOBILITY is strengthening its position as the largest operator of hydrogen refueling stations in Europe. This move fits into the company’s overarching strategy of offering innovative solutions along the value chain for an efficient and sustainable hydrogen economy, thus contributing to the ramp-up of hydrogen mobility.

GHG Quota Trading

GHG quota trading is a government instrument for promoting sustainable mobility. It obligates oil companies to gradually reduce their CO₂ emissions or purchase corresponding certificates. Operators of hydrogen refueling stations and other renewable energy sources in the transport sector can benefit from this system by selling their saved greenhouse gas emissions as certificates to quota-obliged parties. This mechanism not only creates financial incentives for climate-friendly technologies but also makes a significant contribution to reducing CO₂ emissions. The price of the certificates is determined by supply and demand as well as the regulatory framework, with the continuously increasing GHG reduction quota playing a key role. The potential for suppliers such as hydrogen refueling station operators is considerable and is expected to increase further due to planned regulatory changes, such as the introduction of a sub-quota for renewable fuels of non-biogenic origin (RFNBO).