As final CHIC event, the International Zero Emission Bus Conference & Fuel Cell Bus Workshop will take place November 30 & December 1, 2016 in London City Hall.
Technology and policy experts will lead a two-day investigation of zero emission transit bus solutions.
NewBusFuel is an ongoing study funded by Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking with the goal of resolving the knowledge gap for establishment of large-scale hydrogen refuelling infrastructure for fuel cell buses – silent electric buses with long driving range and with zero local emissions.
On the 23th and 24th of june the third concortium meeting of the 3Emotion project took place in Rotterdam and The Hague.
The consortium was invited by RET (Rotterdam) and the province of South Holland (The Hague).
Together with other Fuel Cell bus projects 3Emotion promoted Fuel Cell buses for clean public transport on the TEN-T days in Rotterdam.
3Emotion shared a stand with other fuel cell bus projects, such as CHIC, HighVLOCity, H2Nodes, ...
A Fuel Cell bus was demosntrated, as it was used as shuttle bus, to bring participants from and to the central station.
The Dutch provinces of Groningen, South-Holland and the Metropolitan Region Rotterdam-The Hague have signed a Letter of Intent during the TEN-T Days in Rotterdam and expressed their commitment for the upscaling of fuel cell electric buses in their region. For these public transport authorities (PTOs), the signing marks a milestone in the roadmap towards clean buses in public transport.
Within the 3Emotion project, RET expands his bus fleet in Rotterdam with two fuel cell buses. These buses are ordered at Van Hool. In the summer of 2017 the buses will drive in the schedule of RET.
Press release RET:
Van Hool, an independent designer of buses, coaches and industrial vehicles, has entered into a contract with Transport for London (TfL) in the UK for the construction of two latest generation hydrogen buses. This new contract falls within the scope of 3Emotion. The hydrogen bus, which converts hydrogen into electricity, is currently one of the most environmentally friendly public transport vehicles: it offers local zero emissions (absolutely no harmful emissions or CO2) and significantly reduced noise levels.
Press release, CHIC, Brussels 30 november 2015
As the COP21 starts, CHIC (Clean Hydrogen in European Cities), a flagship zero emission bus project saves over four million litres of fuel and demonstrates that the fuel cell bus technology is ready to underpin the decarbonisation of our urban centres.
On November 11th and 12th Regione Lazio attended the second meeting of the working groups of the new national Hydrogen Platform in Trento. Representatives of the industry, of research centres and of institutions discussed together about the integration of hydrogen and fuel cell applications in the field of transport at national level.
On the 22-23th of October, the 3Emotion partners met in London for their second consortium meeting.
Besides discussing the current state of the different work packages and the actions to be done in the near future, they visited the work place for hydrogen buses of London Bus Services.
