C-ALPS joins project to develop hydrogen-power coaches

The €7m CoacHyfied project includes partners from higher education and engineering who are developing technology that in Britain alone could remove up to 1.4million tonnes of CO₂ generated by diesel-fuelled coaches.

C-ALPS set for hydrogen fuel cell development

C-ALPS, which is currently investing £2m into developing a hydrogen fuel cell development facility in Coventry, is responsible for the advanced thermal management system that will look to increase fuel efficiency in novel ways, including harnessing waste heat from the hydrogen fuel cell to power air conditioning in cabins.

In a statement, Dr Oliver Curnick, Associate Professor in Electrochemical Power Sources at C-ALPS said: “It is anticipated that the findings of the project will be of benefit to coach manufacturers as well as future transport operators, who will need to find innovative solutions to support clean mass transport in the future.”

Led by engineering consultants and founding C-ALPS partner FEV, CoacHyfied is to present solutions for challenges in the medium range regional and long-distance public and commercial transport sector. It will do this by developing and operating six fuel cell coaches at two regions in Latvia and France in two-to-three-year demonstration phases.