ADNOC to launch Middle East’s first high-speed hydrogen station

The facility is currently being developed in Masdar City to support the UAE National Hydrogen Strategy and will be tested via Toyota and Al Futtaim Motors vehicles.

ADNOC has begun construction on the Middle East's first high-speed hydrogen refueling station (HRS). The site is currently being built in Masdar City and is expected to create clean hydrogen from water using an electrolyser powered by clean grid electricity.

The mobility company will partner with Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Al-Futtaim Motors to test the facility using a fleet of clean hydrogen-powered vehicles.

ADNOC Distribution is set to operate the station once it is completed later this year. A second station is scheduled to be built in Dubai Golf City to be fitted with a conventional hydrogen fueling system.

"Hydrogen will be a critical fuel for the energy transition, helping to decarbonize economies at scale, and it is a natural extension of our core business. Through this pilot program, we will gather important data on how hydrogen transportation technology performs as we continue to develop the UAE's hydrogen infrastructure," said Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and ADNOC Managing Director and Group CEO.

ADNOC has allocated $15 billion to advance and accelerate lower-carbon solutions. This involves investing in new energies and decarbonization technologies to reduce its carbon intensity by 25% by 2030 and enable its Net Zero by 2050 ambition.