London looks its best when touring on a Hydrogen Bus! June 14, 2011
5 Fuel Cell Hydrogen Buses under the CHIC project are currently in London. By the end of 2011 there will be a total of 8 CHIC Fuel Cell Hydrogen (FCH) buses running on the RV1 route in Central London – which takes passengers in Covent Garden, the Tower of London and the South Bank.
European Leaders are also enjoying hydrogen transport. In a one day visit to London the EU Transport Commissioner, Siim Kallas, did not miss his opportunity to hop on a CHIC bus and tour the city of London. On his visit he explored the local pioneering practices in sustainable and smart city planning. The Vice-President of the European Commission met Peter Hendy, Commissioner of Transport for London (TfL), and later Mayor Boris Johnson. Discussion topics included congestion charging, smart ticketing and contingency planning for the Olympic Games in 2012, cycling schemes and road space management.
Hydrogen Buses in Cologne May 9, 2011
On May 06 Harry K. Voigtsberger, Minister of Economy and Traffic in North Rhine Westphalia (NRW) region of Germany,and Werner Stump, head of the Rhein-Erft district authority, jointly with Cologne Regional Traffic (RVK) manager Eugen Puderbach and Günter Rosenke from the RVK supervisory board presented the first fuel cell-driven hybrid-electric buses in Hürth near Cologne. The buses are the first of their kind in the regular public transport network of North Rhine-Westphalia and will serve the Rhein-Erft district and the inner-city traffic of Hürth and Brühl. In May 2010, the first hydrogen filling station was inaugurated in Hürth and is now available to supply the bus fleet by means of a 350 bar pressure system. The new station is an important link in the chain of hydrogen supply facilities forming the "hydrogen pipeline" in NRW und the Benelux states. Cologne is Phase 0 city within the CHIC project.
On May 06 Harry K. Voigtsberger, Minister of Economy and Traffic in North Rhine Westphalia (NRW) region of Germany,and Werner Stump, head of the Rhein-Erft district authority, jointly with Cologne Regional Traffic (RVK) manager Eugen Puderbach and Günter Rosenke from the RVK supervisory board presented the first fuel cell-driven hybrid-electric buses in Hürth near Cologne. The buses are the first of their kind in the regular public transport network of North Rhine-Westphalia and will serve the Rhein-Erft district and the inner-city traffic of Hürth and Brühl. In May 2010, the first hydrogen filling station was inaugurated in Hürth and is now available to supply the bus fleet by means of a 350 bar pressure system. The new station is an important link in the chain of hydrogen supply facilities forming the "hydrogen pipeline" in NRW und the Benelux states. Cologne is Phase 0 city within the CHIC project.