The Clean Hydrogen in European Cities (CHIC) Project was the crucial next step for the full commercialisation of hydrogen powered fuel cell buses. The project commenced in 2010 with an initial 25, subsequently 23 partners from Cities, Regions, Industry and Research Organisations.
CHIC was a public-private partnership and received substantial funding from the Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU). The project was completed in December 2016. CHIC operated 54 hydrogen fuel cell (H2FC) buses and 4 hydrogen powered internal combustion engine buses in 9 cities in Europe and Canada. The buses were delivered by 5 different bus manufacturers and had fuel cells from two different suppliers.
This report gives an overview of the CHIC project and describes the key results and achievements.
