In July 2005, Hamburg Minister Dr. Freytag, as chairman of the supervisory board of Hamburger Hochbahn AG, initiated the establishment of a company intended to promote the use of fuel cells and hydrogen in Hamburg.
The goals of hySOLUTIONS are
- to increase the number and scale of hydrogen and fuel cell applications in Hamburg
- to make hydrogen and fuel cell technology affordable and economic, and hence competitive
- to establish Hamburg at an early stage as an economic location for hydrogen and fuel cell applications
HOCHBAHN, as a pioneer in the field of promoting fuel cell technology, founded hySOLUTIONS and is the company's principal partner (61%). Since October 2006, Vattenfall Venture GmbH has held a 25% interest and the Hamburg company Germanischer Lloyd 6%. In addition, the Hamburg Chamber of Craft Trades and the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce each hold 4% of the shares.
By involving other companies, hySOLUTIONS extends its know-how. At the same time, hySOLUTIONS GmbH assists its project partners with the use and commercialisation of fuel cell and hydrogen technology.
Its managing director is Heinrich Klingenberg, who as chairman of HOCHBAHN brought the fuel cell buses to Hamburg as part of the CUTE project.
At the beginning of 2010 Peter Lindlahr has joined the hySOLUTIONS board of directors. Peter Lindlahr is well experienced with the Hamburg administration departments. Heading the Hamburg coordination centre for climate issues for the last three years, he was responsible for the development and establishment of the internationally recognized Hamburg climate action plan.
