Hydrogen Mobility Ireland (HMI) has announced the trial of a hydrogen-powered bus in the Dublin area. The bus, powered by a 60KW Toyota fuel cell, will be the first hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) to be put into public service operation in Ireland.
Following on the UITP “Fuel Cell Buses: Best Practices and Commercialisation Approaches” knowledge brief published in partnership with JIVE and JIVE 2 projects in July as part of the “Back to Better Mobility” Campaign, UITP continues to support the deployment of fuel cell hydrogen bus solution this time by organising its first-ever training module on the technology. The training is organised by JIVE projects in collaboration with Clean Bus Europe Platform.
Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) and Caetano Bus yesterday signed a contract for the supply of eight hydrogen-powered electric buses, with which Barcelona will position itself as a benchmark in the application of this zero-emission technology in the regular passenger transport of an urban network in Spain.
At the beginning of the week, public transport operator RATP began experimenting with a hydrogen-powered bus in real operating conditions with passengers on line 185. Manufactured by Solaris, this 12m bus will be subjected to a battery of drastic technical tests. It will be based at the Thiais bus centre in the Val-de-Marne. The hydrogen will be supplied by the Air Liquide station located in the commune of Loges-en-Josas in the Yvelines.
The contracts have been signed and sealed: moBiel has now ordered four hydrogen buses and a refuelling station for loading the vehicles. After long preparatory work, the Bielefeld transport company has thus taken an essential step towards its goal of testing hydrogen technology in local transport. The buses are expected to roll over Bielefeld's streets at the turn of the year 2021/22. It was agreed not to disclose the purchase prices.
The arrival of the first of the zero-emission buses underlines the city’s role as the energy capital of Europe. It shows its commitment to the transition of green energy from oil and gas as part of the Net Zero Vision.
The buses, which are built by Wrightbus and are the world's first zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell double-decker buses, will be introduced by National Express West Midlands from spring 2021.
The Joint Initiative for Hydrogen Vehicles across Europe project (JIVE & JIVE 2), co-financed by the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), has today announced that over 200 hydrogen fuel cell buses have been ordered through the initiative. Furthermore, the first 50 buses are now in operation!
Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) has purchased eight Caetano hydrogen fuel cell buses for a total of EUR 6.4 million, which will be the first to be used for regular service on an urban network in Spain.
With the order for ten hydrogen buses, which will be deployed around Emmen, the public transport agency Groningen-Drenthe and Qbuzz are giving a boost to the developments of the GZI Next energy centre. The deployment of the buses will promote the production and use of hydrogen in Drenthe and bring a green hydrogen plant closer to the GZI Next site in Emmen
