UK consortium to hold public trials of latest hydrogen fuel cell bus in Liverpool
By Jim Gibbins - 1st April 2019
UK - The City of Liverpool is set to be the first place in the North of England to trial hydrogen fuel cell buses following a successful GBP6.4m bid to the government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles.
The bid was put forward by a consortium led by industrial gases company, BOC Group of Guildford, UK (a Linde Group subsidiary) and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, the Arcola Energy Ltd, a London-based specialist in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and bus manufacturer, Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) of Falkirk. The project will also be progressed in conjunction with some of the UK’s largest operating companies, Arriva and Stagecoach, as members of the city region’s Bus Alliance.
