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A range of hydrogen vehicles were on display at the unveiling, including Microcabs, the Morgan LifeCar and the ENV bike. The ENV bike is the world's first purpose-built hydrogen fuel cell motorbike, developed by Loughborough spin-out Intelligent Energy.
The refueling station has been funded by Loughborough University in partnership with the East Midlands Development Agency, and was manufactured by Air Products. Initially hydrogen for the facility will be provided by an external supplier, but the university is investigating ways of creating its own hydrogen through the on-campus use of green technologies.
Meanwhile, the University of Birmingham has taken delivery of five hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars, making it the first university in the UK to run a fleet of these vehicles. Designed and built by Coventry-based Microcab Ltd, the vehicles are being used in a study by the university's School of Chemical Engineering to find out more about the viability of hydrogen in transport applications [FCB, June 2008]. They will be compared with the campus fleet of petrol, diesel and pure electric vehicles so that researchers can learn about their efficiency, performance, and how they can be adapted to make hydrogen an attractive and cost-effective option.
The research is part of the hydrogen energy project which
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