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This portal page aggregates content relevant to Fuel Cell Buses.
Advantages of Fuel Cells and Hydrogen for Buses
- Performance
- No degradation of power over time (when compared to batteries and generators)
- Constant efficiency even at partial loads
- Fuel cells are more efficient at converting fuels to energy
than diesel engines
- Fuel cost can be independent of fluctuating global fuel
prices
- Environmental
- Using renewable
hydrogen there are no direct harmful emissions - CO2, NOx, SOx
or particulates
- Only emits water vapour
- Very quite operation
Fuel Cell Buses Today
- Approximately 35 Fuel Cell Buses in operation
- Approximately 115 produced to date
- Mostly PEM technology - 1 AFC and 1 Zinc Air Fuel Cell have also been demonstrated
International Fuel Cell Bus Deployments Since 2000
to Date (8th July 2009)
Europe:
- H2argemuc - 1 MAN Ballard Fuel Cell Bus deployed at Munich
Airport
- HyChain - 3 Hydrogenics bus in Castille y Leon, Spain,
Emscher-Lippe & Bottrop, Germany
- London Hydrogen Partnership - 5 buses planned for 2010
- HyFleet:CUTE (2006 - 2009)- Clean Urban Transport for Europe, 27
fuel cell buses in 9 European cities (3 also in Beijing and Perth),
concluded (6 buses still operate in Hamburg), Mercedes Benz, Ballard
- ECTOS (2000) - Ecological City TranspOrt System, EU funded
project testing 3 fuel cell buses in Reykjavik, Iceland, part of
HyFleet:CUTE, Mercedes Benz, Ballard
- ZIP Program (2006) - 1 Proton Motor Fuel Cell Bus deployed
- CityCell (2003 & 2004) - 1 bus deployed in Madrid, Spain and 1
in Turin, Italy, IVECO, UTC Power
- Fuel Cells Czech Hydrogen Bus Project (planned 2009) - 1 Skoda /
Proton Motor bus, Prague, Czech Republic
- IVECO-Fuel Cell Bus - Fleet trials planned in Milan & Mantova,
Italy
- MAN Fuel Cell City Bus (2002 - 2003) - 9 months, Germany,
3 months, Copenhagen, Denmark & Lisbon, Portugal, Nuvera
- MAN Fuel Cell Bus (2000 - 2001) - 1 bus, Nuremburg, Germany,
Siemens Power Generation
- GVB (Municipal Transport Company) and NRW (North Rhine Westphalia) (planned 2010) - 4 buses, 2 in Amsterdam, Holland and 2 in Cologne, Germany, joint venture with North Rhine Westphalia and the Dutch Government, NedStack
- Ostseebus Fuel Cell Midi-bus (2006) - 1 bus, Narth, Germany,
Heliocentris
- Rampini-Hydrogenics (2007/2008) - 1 bus, Perugia, Italy
- Rheinbahn Fuel Cell Hybrid Midibuses (2006) - 2 buses, Messe
Dusseldorf, Germany, Hydrogenics
- University of Glamorgan (2007) - 1 bus, Pontypridd, Wales, UK,
Hydrogenics
- University of Rome (2006) - 1 midi bus, Rome Italy, Hydrogenics
North America
- AC Transit- HyRoad
- CTTransit - Fuel Cell Bus Program
- 2010 Winter Olympics, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, 1 unit
trialled in 2008, a further 19 to be delivered in 2009, BC Transit,
Ballard
- Burbank, California (2009), Fuel Cell Battery Hybrid,
Hydrogenics
- Dual Variable Hybrid Fuel Cell Bus Demonstration - Columbia,
South Carolina, Austin Texas & Connecticut, Hydrogincs
- Ecotality (2007) - 1 bus deployed, APS Hydrogen Park, Phoenix,
Arizona, Hydrogenics
- FTA / UAB Fuel Cell Bus (planned 2009 - 2011) - Birmingham -
Jefferson County Transit Authority, Alabama
- Hickam AFB - Fuel Cell Shuttle Bus (2004) - 1 Hydorgenics Bus,
Hickam, AFB, Hawaii
- Hydroelectric Hydrogen-Powered Fuel Cell Bus Program (planned
2009) - 2 buses, Niagara & Buffalo, New York, Ballard
- Lightweight Fuel Cell Bus Project (planned 2011) - 1 bus, New
York State, Hydrogenics
- Logan Airport Fuel Cell Bus (planned) - 1 Bus, Logan airport,
Boston, Massachusetts, Nuvera
- National Resources Canada (2006) - 1 bus, Winnipeg Transit,
Hydrogenics
- University of Texas (2007) - 1 bus, Austin, Texas, Ballard
- Santa Clara VTA
- Planned - 4 buses, Clara County, California
- (2005) - 3 buses deployed, Clara County, California, Ballard
- SunLine Transit
- America Fuel Cell Bus Project (planned) - Coachella Valley,
California, UTC Power
- Advanced Fuel Cell Bus Project (2009-2011) - 1 bus,
Coachella Valley, California, UTC Power
- Fuel Cell Bus Demonstration (2006 - 2010) - 1 bus, Coachella
Valley, California, UTC Power
- Thunder Power Fuel Cell Bus (2002 - 2003) - 1 bus, Palm
Springs, California, UTC Power
- ZEBus/ P4 Bus (2000 - 2001) - 1 bus tested for 13 months,
Ballard
- University of Delaware - Zero Emission Fuel Cell Hybrid Bus
- (Planned) - Phase II fuel cell bus, Ballard
- (2007) - 1 Shuttle Bus, Ballard
South America
- Rio de Janeiro Hybird Fuel Cell Bus (planned) - 1 bus as pat of
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
- Sao Paolo Fuel Cell Bus - Up to 5 buses, UNDP GEF, Ballard
ASIA
- Japan, Toyota-Hino
- (2006) - 3 buses, Nagoya, Japan's Centrair Airport
- (2005) - 8 buses, Aichi Expo, Japan
- (2003 - 2004) - 1 bus, Tokyo Metropolitan Transportation
Service
- South Korea - Supported by the government's RD&D Organisation
for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, 4 Hyundai buses
- China (2006 - present) 3 buses as part of the HyFleet:CUTE,
Mercedes Benz, Ballard
- Shen Li High Tech Co
- Planned (2009) - 3 to 6 buses, Shanghai, China
- (2008) - 2 buses operated at 2008 Olympics, Beijing, China
Australia
- Sustainable Transport energy for Perth (STEP)-EcoBus
Demonstration (2004 - 2007) 3 buses, Perth, Australia, part of
HyFleet:CUTE
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