The cost of opening a hydrogen fueling station

Question

The cost of opening a hydrogen fueling station

Answer 1

A lot less than a million. It is only a case of installing the hydrogen fuel pump and storage tanks. In England we don't have any because we don't have any hydrogen powered cars yet.

It's a bit of a conundrum...

Do we get the cars without anywhere to refuel them?

Or the refueling stations without any cars to refill at?  

Answer 2

2-4million+  

Answer 3

We don't really know because no one has built any stations open to public use. All the hydrogen stations are experimental so they naturally cost tons more than they would for consumer use (so that million $ estimate is actually a reasonable answer at this point). Because it would require that the fuel be stored at high pressure and low temperature, the cost would be significantly higher than a petroleum or bio fuels station. Many scientists want the hydrogen pumps to be fully automated because pumping hydrogen is not very user-friendly and potentially very dangerous, so that will add to the cost too.