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Revision as of 10:16, 27 November 2004
The Fuel Cell Bus Club comprises the participants of the projects CUTE, ECTOS and STEP ([1]). They currently operate the largest fleet of fuel cell buses in the world, 33 buses, as part of a two-year Citaro hydrogen fuel cell bus trial.
There are three buses each in 11 cities: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Perth, Porto, Reykjavik, Stockholm and Stuttgart.
Projects
All information is shared between CUTE, ECTOS and STEP.
CUTE
CUTE stands for Clean Urban Transport for Europe. This European Union initiative is responsible for the fuel cell buses in 9 of the above-mentioned cities.
ECTOS
ECTOS stands for Ecological City Transport System. Icelandic New Energy is responsible for this project, the aim of which is to demonstrate "state-of-the-art" hydrogen technology by running part of the public transport system with fuel cell buses in Reykjavik, Iceland.
STEP
STEP stands for Sustainable Transport Energy for Perth. This initiative of the Government of Western Australia's Department of Planning and Infrastructure, being run by Path Transit (mostly) through Transperth is responsible for the fuel cell buses in Perth, Western Australia.
STEP is also sharing information with other fuel cell bus projects.
The fuel cell buses began service on September 27, 2004.
Partners
The buses were manufactured by DaimlerChrysler, the manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz vehicles, and use fuel cell engines manufactured by Ballard Power Systems. A number of the cities are receiving their hydrogen from BP. The trial is being independently evaluated, mostly by Murdoch University.
The Perth trial has received 2.5 million dollars funding from the Department of the Environment and Heritage and the Australian Greenhouse Office.
See Also
- Official website of the Fuel Cell Bus Club - "The first fuel cell bus fleet"
- the official website of CUTE (appears to be the one above)
- Official website of Icelandic New Energy with information including details of ECTOS
- Section of the Department of Planning and Infrastructure's website with details of this trial