GLA, Welsh Government and Scottish Transport join UKH2Mobility
Fri 11 October 2013
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The Greater London Authority, Welsh Government and Transport Scotland are the latest organisations to join UK H2Mobility, a national project in which industry leaders and Government are working together to realise the benefits of hydrogen-fuelled road transport.
The new partners are expected to strengthen the project’s national reach and its ability to develop a viable, co-ordinated roadmap for maximising the potential of hydrogen fuel as a low carbon transport solution.
The aim of UK H2Mobility is to determine what needs to be done to enable the commercial deployment of hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs) in the UK.
It is a collaborative project evaluating the potential for hydrogen FCEVs to provide environmental and economic benefits to the UK. It brings together industrial participants from the fuel cell technology, energy utility, industry gases, fuel retail and global car manufacturing sectors together with a European public-private partnership, three UK Government Departments, and now the Devolved Administrations and the Greater London Assembly to develop a business case and strategic plan for the commercial roll-out of the technology from 2015.
UK H2Mobility completed the evaluation phase at the end of 2012 and has published its key findings which outline options for a potential roll-out of hydrogen FCEVs to consumers. The second phase of work, the development of a detailed business case, began in March 2013. Subsequent phases of planning and implemention are expected to take place during 2014.
The project has already identified many of the opportunities and the challenges that need to be met in order for hydrogen-powered Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs) to become a viable proposition for UK transport. In phase one of the project it has shown how, with the right investment and refuelling infrastructure in place, by 2030 there could be 1.6 million FCEVs on the UK’s roads.
UK H2Mobility is part of a global network of stakeholders working to promote the introduction of hydrogen as a vehicle fuel. Earlier in October H2Mobility announced a €350m (US$473m) investment in a hydrogen refuelling network in Germany.
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