£31m hydrogen refuelling infrastructure scheme launched in London
Thu 03 April 2014
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The Mayor of London has announced a new programme, which will see car makers and other entities invest £31 million in a demonstration project for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles using standardised refuelling infrastructure.
The 'HyFive project', which is being coordinated by the Mayor’s Office, is aiming to deploy 110 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in London, Munich, Stuttgart, Bolzano in Italy, Copenhagen and Innsbruck, Austria. The scheme, funded through a Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (JCH JU), has been signed by motor manufacturers BMW, Daimler, Honda, Hyundai and Toyota together with hydrogen fuel companies including Air Products, Copenhagen Hydrogen Network, ITM Power, Linde and OMV.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: “To sell this technology we need to show Londoners and the wider world that it is not science fiction. By building the vehicles and the filling stations and allowing people to kick the tyres we will be able to demonstrate that hydrogen is a viable option and that London is at the forefront of efforts to make it so.”
The programme also aims to roll out hydrogen stations in Sweden, Germany and Italy.
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