Objective
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.
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CB5 8AQ Cambridge
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AB10 1FY Aberdeen
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B1 1BB Birmingham
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DD1 9LY Dundee
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45886 Gelsenkirchen
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4220 Korsor
38122 Trento
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50354 Hurth
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1060 Bruxelles
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20095 Hamburg
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SW1H 0TL London
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26123 Oldenburg
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3011 WH Rotterdam
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1067 Riga
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50668 Koln
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39100 Bozen
70771 Leinfelden-echterdingen
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38121 Trento
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1080 Bruxelles
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65189 Wiesbaden
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60486 Frankfurt Am Main
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55118 Mainz
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65189 Wiesbaden
42281 Wuppertal
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7400 Herning
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39100 Bolzano
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65189 Wiesbaden
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6811 CG Arnhem
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