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Joint Initiative for hydrogen Vehicles across Europe

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

Project factsheet

  • 3 JULY 2024
JIVE factsheet