29 March 2019
The city of Le Mans has decided to invest in hydrogen including in fuel cell buses. A dozen of vehicles will be operated by the local operator SETRAM - representing over 10% of the bus fleet. This deployment will take place in collaboration with the region Pays de La Loire and the Automobile Club of Western part of France (ACO). This plans was presented at the Assises de l'automobile.
On March the 27th, the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte visited the Avantium Chemical Park in Delfzijl and EEW Energy from waste GmbH, which operates a thermal waste recycling plant for preparing commercial and household wastes as well as alternative fuels.
Proton Power Systems has signed a letter of intent with Skoda Electric with the objective of entering into a cooperation to develop, sell and service fuel cell electric buses using Proton's modular ‘HyRange’ systems.
Proton announced that the first prototype buses build by Skoda would be brought into operation for European bus operators, with an initial target of at least 10 vehicles by the first quarter of 2020.
The EUROCITIES Mobility Forum promotes clean and sustainable urban mobility, and aims to raise awareness of the contributions being made, and challenges met, at local level. With this is mind, the forum meets several times per year to discuss different topics. On March 13th, 14th and 15th the EUROCITIES Mobility Forum organised a conference to exchange best practices in Karlsruhe, Germany. The topic of this Mobility Forum meeting was Empowering cities to go carbon neutral.
Article published on Evening Express
Aberdeen City Council, 30th January 2019 - Aberdeen’s fleet of hydrogen buses has exceeded the million mile mark as the city’s reputation as a global energy innovator continues to build.
The Aberdeen Hydrogen Bus Project comprises two European funded initiatives and has grown to encompass a fleet of 10 vehicles operated by First Group and Stagecoach.
The Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) is one of the main national programmes supporting the uptake of zero emission mobility in the UK. Two key OLEV awards for the hydrogen bus sector took place last week :
Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme - 20 fuel cell buses for Brighton & Hoves buses
Dutch channel NPO has aired a programme on hydrogen transport in the Netherlands on the 23rd of January 2019.
The video covers the production of hydrogen as well as it's use in transport - for cars and for public transport buses.
One of the buses operated by QBuzz in Groningen, part of the High V.LO-City project, is featuring in the programme. QBuzz explains, among others, how hydrogen can be used to clean public transport fleets.
The North Denmark Region and the Municipality of Aalborg have signed contracts for delivery of three hydrogen buses and for the buidling of a hydrogen production and refuelling station, which will be operational from October 2019 as the country’s first fuel cell bus deployment. This initiative is a full part of the North Denmark Region committment to decarbonisation and a cleaner air.
The three hydrogen buses will be running in the city center of Aalborg and on selected regional bus lines around Aalborg from October 2019.
