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H2 projects

• Clean Energy Partnership
• Clean Urban Transport for Europe (CUTE)
• HydroGEM
• Hydrogen Highway California
• HyTruck
• HyNOR
• Nemo H2
• Winter Olympics in Vancouver
• Transport for London
• WaterstofNet

Clean Energy Partnership

(2004-2016)

The project by the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) is one of the largest and most innovative hydrogen projects in Europe. It is intended to show that running on hydrogen and building a hydrogen infrastructure will be trouble-free. Various energy companies such as Linde, Shell, Statoil, Total and Vattenfall are participating in the project, as well as car manufacturers such as BMW, Daimler Benz, Ford, Opel, Toyota and Volkswagen. The project started in 2004, when the first hydrogen filling station was opened. As a result of the filling station being there, Berlin attracted the attention of the HyFLEET:CUTE project (the continuation of the CUTE project) and became a partner in it from 2009. More cars with fuel cells and cars with internal combustion engines running on hydrogen have appeared in recent years. There are 17 cars running on hydrogen in the two cities at the moment, a number that should increase slowly to 40 in the next few years. In addition, there will be 14 buses with fuel cells running in Berlin.

For more information about the project: http://www.cleanenergypartnership.de/

Clean Urban Transport for Europe (CUTE)

(2003 - 2006)

Clean Urban Transport for Europe – CUTE for short – ran 27 urban buses on hydrogen in nine European towns from 2003 to 2006. The purpose of the project was to demonstrate the practical possibilities of running on hydrogen and to stimulate public acceptance of hydrogen. Hydrogen filling stations where the bus drivers themselves could refuel were situated in the towns. The buses were equipped with a fuel cell system that drove the electric motors. They were incorporated in the timetable and were dismantled when their technology became obsolete.
Three urban buses ran on hydrogen in Amsterdam from November 2003 to January 2006 as part of the CUTE project. Parties involved in the project were the Municipality of Amsterdam, DaimlerChrysler and Linde Gas.

For more information about the project: http://www.global-hydrogen-bus-platform.com

HydroGEM

(2006 –heden)

The HydroGEM was built by ECN in Petten in order to gain practical experience with the fuel technology developed by ECN itself. It was based on DaimlerChrysler's GEM electric car. The batteries were replaced by a fuel cell and a hydrogen system, which increased the car's range to 200 kilometres. Instead of taking eight hours to charge the batteries, the HydroGEM can now be fuelled with hydrogen in about ten minutes. This is done at a small hydrogen filling station that Air Products built on the ECN site in 2006.

For more information about the project: http://www.ecn.nl/fileadmin/ecn/units/es/pdf/Brochure_HydroGEM.pdf

Hydrogen Highway

(2005 – heden)

The project in California, which started in 2005 in order to combat air pollution, is the biggest hydrogen project in the world. The aim was to build fifty to a hundred hydrogen filling stations on the West Coast by 2010, so that driving hydrogen cars would become more attractive. The CO2 emissions from road traffic would be reduced by 30% as a result. Some thirty hydrogen filling stations have become operational to date and there are several under development. The original schedule was not entirely achieved, because the production of hydrogen cars is lagging behind. Although most car manufacturers are involved in the project, it is expected that series production of hydrogen cars will not happen until 2015. There are about 250 hydrogen cars on the road in California at the moment. Some have been withdrawn from use because their technology is obsolete.

For more information about the project: http://www.hydrogenhighway.ca.gov

HyTruck

(from 2007)

HyTruck is a collaborative venture in the transport sector that is intended to develop innovative, economically-viable and above all sustainable and environmentally-neutral transport solutions, and in so doing strengthen the position of the Netherlands as a distribution country. The HyTruck has been developed primarily as a distribution vehicle for intense urban and distribution transport. Town centres will impose increasingly strict requirements on the emissions by trucks that serve businesses in them.
The HyTruck has been built on a standard Mitsubishi chassis. Its mechanical drive line has been replaced with a drive system with two electric wheel hub motors of 30 kW each, developed by e-Traction (the same motors as used in the HyMove bus) and a fuel cell stack from NedStack, which provides 16 kW of power.. It also has a tank holding 227 litres of hydrogen, and a battery pack. The energy released during braking is recovered and stored, giving additional power for acceleration. The Boudesteijn group. as well as NedStack and e-Traction, is also involved in the project.

Website: http://www.hytruck.nl

HyNOR

(2003 – heden)

The HyNOR hydrogen project has been running since 2003. Building a series of hydrogen filling stations along the E39 and the E18 is intended to make it possible to drive a hydrogen-powered car from Stavanger to Oslo. The first hydrogen filling stations are in Stavanger, Porsgrunn, Drammen and Oslo. There will eventually be another three to five filling stations, making it possible to drive entirely on hydrogen all the way along the 580-kilometre long hydrogen motorway. Cars with fuel cells as well as cars with internal combustion engines will be used in the project. There are fifteen examples of the Toyota Prius in Norway that have been converted to run on hydrogen. Mazda is going to supply a total of thirty 5 Hydrogen RE and RX-8 Hydrogen RE cars in Norway, and eight urban buses will also be brought into service this year.

Denmark has also built a number of hydrogen filling stations and Sweden wants to do the same, so it will be possible in the long term to drive from Norway to Denmark via Sweden.

For more information about the project: http://www.hynor.no/hynor-1/view?set_language=en

Nemo H2

(2010 - date)

The first green tour boat operated by the Lovers boat company was launched on 9 December 2009. The Nemo H2 has a fuel cell from Nedstack, which provides power to the electric motor that drives the boat's propeller. Using hydrogen makes the boat not only emission-free but also silent. The project involves Linde, MSN, Integral, Alewijnse and Fuel Cell Boat in addition to the boat company.

For more information about the project: http://www.lovers.nl/co2zero/?gclid=CPLwhKShtqECFYIsDgodTE7X-w

Winter Olympics in Vancouver

(2010 – 2014)

The winter sport resort of Whistler used twenty fuel cell buses during the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010 to bring the public to the stadiums and events. The theme of the 2010 Winter Olympics was sustainability and green energy. Many of the materials used during the games were made from recycled items. Visitor transport also fitted in with that image by using emission-free fuel cell buses. A single fuel cell bus results in a reduction of some 1800 tonnes of CO2 per annum.
The buses will continue to be used for another four years after the Olympics. A budget of 89 million Canadian dollars was allocated, coming from the Canadian government and the province of British Columbia.

Transport for London

(2010 – 2015)

After the successful conclusion of the CUTE project there, Transport for London, the public transport company, developed a plan for using hydrogen-powered buses in public transport in London again. Five buses with a fuel cell were brought into service, starting in 2010. It is hoped to increase this number to eight with an additional contribution from the European Union.
The bus project is part of the London Hydrogen Transport programme, which started in 2006 and whose objective is to reduce traffic emissions. It is crucial for public transport to participate, because it is responsible for 22 percent of all the traffic emissions in London. The experience gained during the CUTE project was elaborated upon for the operational implementation and the safety precautions. The project has a Dutch flavour in that the liquid hydrogen is brought by road tanker from the Air Products hydrogen production plant in the Botlek.

For more information: www.london.gov.uk/lhp

WaterstofNet

(2008 - 2030)

The WaterstofNet (Hydrogen Network) is a collaborative venture by the regions of Flanders and the southern Netherlands. Participants in the project include the ECN, a number of regional development agencies, various colleges and regional businesses. The initiative, which has a budget of 14 million euros, has been set up to stimulate the use of hydrogen applications in the region. One of its objectives is to make operational a hydrogen infrastructure that is connected to the network of hydrogen pipelines that lies in the region and connects northern France with Rotterdam. In addition, a hydrogen production plant will be built in the port of Antwerp. An important part of the project is the educational aspect. The colleges involved are jointly developing teaching programmes about hydrogen for use in education.

For more information about the project: http://www.waterstofnet.eu/