Plug Power, National Grid trial micro-CHP system

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 96 KB
• Volume: 2009
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1464-2859
• DOI: 10.1016/s1464-2859(09)70010-0

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Hydrogenics fuel cell buses for German transit operator

C anadian-based Hydrogenics has been awarded a contract to deliver two hydrogen-powered fuel cell buses to Vestische Strassenbahnen GmbH, a public transit operator in the Nordrhein-Westfalen region of Germany.

The buses are scheduled to enter service during 2009, and will provide a daily service in the cities of Herten and Bottrop. Once delivered, Hydrogenics will have placed a total of nine hydrogen-powered fuel cell buses in Europe, including three buses for the HyChain Mini-Trans project [FCB, July 2006]. The project is being supported by the German Land of Nordrhein-Westfalen and the European Union through the HyChain Mini-Trans project.

'Hydrogen-powered fuel cell buses for standard daily transit demonstrate the move of hydrogen into the energy mainstream,' comments Daryl Wilson, president/CEO of Hydrogenics. 'When deployed with a hydrogenpowered fuel cell, the buses enjoy greater operating distance over a battery-only bus, enhanced operating performance and faster refill time compared with a battery-only propulsion vehicle.'