{"id":14766,"date":"2021-06-24T07:31:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T05:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=14766"},"modified":"2021-06-24T07:31:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T05:31:22","slug":"double-decker-fuel-cell-bus-fleet-launched-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/fuel-cell-bus\/double-decker-fuel-cell-bus-fleet-launched-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Double decker fuel cell bus fleet launched in London"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
England’s first ever double decker fuel cell bus<\/a> fleet has been launched yesterday in London by mayor Sadiq Khan. The hydrogen buses join a fleet of over 500 electric buses \u2013 one of the largest fleets in Western Europe. The aim is to make all London buses zero emission by 2030<\/strong>. Just a few days ago a major order for 195 battery-electric buses for London was awarded to BYD ADL<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The new hydrogen fuel cell double decker buses are first being introduced on route 7 between East Acton and Oxford Circus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Mayor\u2019s green transport investment is also supporting jobs across the UK. The buses were manufactured by Wrightbus<\/strong> in Northern Ireland, helping to create new jobs, and the gas cylinders are manufactured by Luxfer<\/strong> in Nottingham. The hydrogen for the buses is currently being produced at Air Liquide<\/strong>\u2019s plant in Runcorn, harnessing waste hydrogen as a by-product from an industrial chloralkali plant. Oxford-based Ryze Hydrogen<\/strong> is responsible for transporting the fuel to the fuelling station.\u00a0From 2023, the hydrogen will be even greener as it will be produced by electrolysis powered by a direct connection to an offshore windfarm, London municipality points out in a press note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A new, state of the art fuelling station completed by Danish engineering firm Nel Hydrogen will top up each hydrogen fuel cell bus just once per day in as little as five minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFuel cell buses in London<\/h2>\n\n\n\n