SUMMARY
The purpose of this text is to familiarize the reader with the basic issues of hydrogen filling stations, their history and operation. The reader should be familiar with the basic legislative issues and technical regulations that affect both the actual design and construction of filling stations and the rules for their operation and maintenance. In the following sections, the reader will become familiar with the types of hydrogen filling stations, their basic characteristics and intended use. The text concludes with an assessment of the future development of hydrogen filling stations as well as the general use of hydrogen as an energy source in transport.
The issue of hydrogen technology is very broad and undergoing dynamic development, so it is not possible to cover all the information related to this issue in one educational text. For a perfect orientation in the issue of hydrogen and its use it is necessary to get acquainted with other modules and to follow the developments in the field of hydrogen technology. In general, hydrogen technologies can be considered very promising, although their widespread deployment will be accompanied by a considerable number of problems and will be costly.