Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Hydrogen Bus to Ferry Football Fans in Germany

Caption: Two hydrogen are being tested by football fans in Berlin. Environment-friendly hydrogen-fuelled buses will be a common sight in European streets in the future. (Photo Source: MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group )


Football fans in Germany traveling from the stadiums are riding hydrogen buses during the World Cup. Two 12 m single-deckers hydrogen buses are being tested
in the Berlin bus network to transfer World Cup visitors coming or going from the Olympic Stadium or the Tegel Airport.


This project is a part of a sustainability development program HyFLEET to contribute to the establishment of a safe hydrogen infrastructure for the European future. The buses will be tanked at a service station that the station is itself part of the experiment: a steam reformer will generate, on site, gaseous or liquid hydrogen meeting the majority of the fuel needed to feed the buses. Fuel cells from a Sweden-based company will be used to power and heat the tank station. Fuel hybrid vehicles are used in other "Lion's cities”, such as Hannover and Hamburg, to shuttle visitors between World Cup games in order to achieve better urban-driving efficiency and lower emissions.


However, when adopting new hybrid vehicles, questions about in what way the energy source is clean and renewable, what energy use to produce the hydrogen fuel cell and what are the negative environmental impacts associated should also bear in mind.


More Information:
First hydrogen buses for Berlin: today's step into the future of mobility
Hydrogen Buses for Football Fans at the FIFA World Cup in Berlin


1 comment:

Mikael M said...

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