The new station is open to anyone developing or using hydrogen-powered vehicles. It can fill vehicles at both 350 bar and 700 bar, the two standard filling pressures adopted by the world’s major vehicle manufacturers.

Based on the grounds of Honda of the UK Manufacturing in Swindon, the station aims to encourage the development of both hydrogen-powered vehicles—such as the Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell car—and the refueling infrastructure to support them.

It also creates a strategic link half way along the M4 between London and Swansea. As a fully operational, commercial-scale station using tested technology, it is a solution that can be replicated across the country and so create the essential network necessary for the widespread uptake of hydrogen-powered transport, Honda says.

The new station is that it can fill vehicles serially from a bank of hydrogen cylinders without having to wait for more hydrogen to be generated.

The refueling station is based on a model deployed by BOC’s parent, The Linde Group, at more than 70 other locations around the world.