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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus Technology State of the Art Review
1. Achieving a number of performance targets which will ease the integration process
of the technology into todays‟ public transport standards. The most relevant targets
are summarised in Table 15, below.
Table 15 CHIC‟s key targets for hybrid fuel cell buses and hydrogen refuelling
infrastructures
Targets for hybrid
fuel cell buses
Targets for
hydrogen
refuelling facilities
Sources: CHIC‟s kick-off meeting
Buses availability:
85%
Buses fuel
economy:
13kg/100km
Hydrogen cost (OPEX) at station:
6,000hours
Refuelling station
availability:
98%
2. Disseminating key learning from this project and a number of other Europe-based
hydrogen bus projects into a broader number of European stakeholders, with the
ultimate objective to facilitate the deployment of the technology into some 14 new
European regions.
The project is supported by Joint Technology Initiatives‟ Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint
Undertaking (FCH-JU) and a set of industry partners.
Hydrogen Bus Alliance
The Hydrogen Bus Alliance (HBA) was formed in October 2006 by a number of
international partners characterised by an extensive experience in hydrogen bus
demonstrations and by a common commitment to deploy at least 5 buses per partner by
2012 (with a strong political support from local authorities). At present, the HBA include
the transit agencies of the following:
Amsterdam (GVB)
Amsterdam participated both to the CUTE project and its extension Hy:FLEET CUTE.
The City is now planning to continue its FCB experience deploying 2 fuel cell PHILEAS
articulated bus by 2011. The city possesses one hydrogen fuelling station, still in
operation.
Barcelona (TNB)
Barcelona participated both to the CUTE project and its extension Hy:FLEET CUTE.
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