The hydrogen fuel cell (FC) bus is one of very few options for the elimination of harmful local emissions and the decarbonisation of public transport. Its performance has been validated in Europe in recent years through various demonstration projects, however, a number of actions are required to allow the commercialisation of FC buses. These include addressing the high ownership costs relative to conventional buses, ensuring the FC buses can meet the high availability levels demanded by public transport, developing the refuelling infrastructure to provide reliable, low-cost hydrogen and improving the understanding of the potential of FC buses for zero emission public transport. JIVE will pave the way to commercialisation by addressing these issues through the deployment of 142 fuel cell buses across 9 locations, more than doubling the number of FC buses operating in Europe. JIVE will use coordinated procurement activities to unlock the economies of scale which are required to reduce the cost of the buses. They will operate in large fleets of 10-30 buses, reducing the overhead costs per bus, as well as allowing more efficient supply chains and maintenance operations compared to previous deployments. By working at this scale and with bus OEMs with proven vehicles, JIVE will ensure reliability at the level required for commercialisation. JIVE will also test new hydrogen refuelling stations with the required capacity to serve fleets in excess of 20 buses. This will not only reduce the costs of hydrogen and increase the availability of equipment but will also test the ability to offer >99% reliability, which is required for the commercialisation of FC buses. A dissemination campaign will use the project results to demonstrate the technical readiness of FC buses to bus operators and the economic viability of hydrogen as a zero emission bus fuel to policy makers will help to catalyse the future development and expansion of the hydrogen bus sector.
Topic:
FCH-01-9-2016 Large scale validation of fuel cell bus fleets
Coordinator:
ELEMENT ENERGY LIMITED, UK
Contact:
Ben MADDEN
Other participating organisations:
Company | Country |
ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL* | UK |
BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL | UK |
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL | UK |
EE ENERGY ENGINEERS GMBH | DE |
FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER | IT |
HERNING KOMMUNE | DK |
HyCologne - Wasserstoff Region Rheinland e.V. | DE |
HYDROGEN EUROPE | BE |
hySOLUTIONS GmbH | DE |
LONDON BUS SERVICES LIMITED | UK |
PLANET PLANUNGSGRUPPE ENERGIE UND TECHNIK GBR | DE |
REBELGROUP ADVISORY BV | NL |
RIGAS SATIKSME SIA | LV |
REGIONALVERKEHR KOLN GMBH | DE |
SASA Spa-AG | IT |
THINKSTEP AG | DE |
TRENTINO TRASPORTI SPA | IT |
UNION INTERNATIONALE DES TRANSPORTS PUBLICS | BE |
ESWE VERKEHRSGESELLSCHAFT MBH | DE |
IN-DER-CITY-BUS GMBH | DE |
MAINZER VERKEHRSGESELLSCHAFT MBH | DE |
VERKEHRS-VERBUND MAINZ-WIESBADEN GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG | DE |
WSW MOBIL GMBH | DE |
- Reference
- 735582
- Project duration
- 1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2022
- Project locations
- CAMBRIDGE, CB5 8AQ, United Kingdom
- Overall budget
- €106 009 000
- EU contribution
- €32 000 00030.2% of the overall budget
- Project website
- http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/208049_en.html