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
The H2Bus Consortium announced an agreement with Wrightbus for the supply of hydrogen fuel cell electric buses in Europe. The H2Bus Consortium is now on track to deploy 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell electric buses, along with supporting infrastructure, in European cities at commercially competitive rates.
On 10 September, the Region of Northern Denmark and the Municipality of Aalborg officially inaugurated their three fuel cell buses and new hydrogen refuelling station (HRS).
Aberdeen City Council has been given the green light to increase its fleet of hydrogen-powered buses by another 10 to 25.
Under the JIVE project, funded by the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), Aberdeen City Council has acquired and is in the process of deploying 15 hydrogen buses in Aberdeen, Scotland, in partnership with First Group, as part of a wider acquisition of 145 hydrogen buses across Europe.
The German transport company Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK), representatives of the European Commission, the Federal Ministry of Transport and digital Infrastructure (known in German as BMVI) and the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (RSK) district, officially introduced this exciting project at Meckenheim.
At the Connexxion bus depot in Heinenoord, Everfuel will establish a hydrogen refuelling station, which will be operational by the end of 2021. The Danish company has won the European tender issued by the province of South Holland.
