Battery-electric buses get most of the press these days, but there is another type of electric bus that transit industry professionals say should be getting a lot more attention: hydrogen fuel-cell electric buses, or “the other electric bus,” as they like to call the technology.
“We strongly believe hydrogen fuel-cell buses offer a compelling value proposition, especially when coming to scale,” Nicolas Pocard, director of marketing at Ballard Power Systems, told a group at a lunch session focused on hydrogen-electric fuel-cell buses at the US Zero Emission Bus Conference held here last month.
PowerHouse Energy (LON:PHE) has developed a proprietary process technology called DMG® which can use waste plastic end-of-life-tyres and other waste streams to convert them into cost efficient energy in the form of electricity and ultra clean hydrogen gas fuel for use in cars and commercial vehicles (FCEV: Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles) and other industrial uses. The PowerHouse technology is the world’s first proven, modular hydrogen from waste (HfW) process.
