LA CORUÑA'S FIRST HYDROGEN BUS: A MILESTONE IN THE DECARBONISATION OF URBAN TRANSPORT
ARPA designs and manufactures a hydrogen dispenser to facilitate a demonstration of hydrogen dispensing on a bus of the La Coruña hydrogen line.
The viability of the implementation of hydrogen in urban transport is being verified. It is the first hydrogen refuelling station to be set up in a Galician port and one of the first in Spain.
Test performance: During one day of operation, less than 16 kilograms of hydrogen were consumed, barely 42% of its total capacity, resulting in an average consumption of only one kilogram of hydrogen per hour of operation.
Characteristics of the hydroline: It consists of hydrogen storage tanks, hydrogen gas compressors, a pre-cooling system and a hydrogen dispenser, which has a dispensing flow rate of 3.6 kilograms per minute with a standard pressure of 350 bars.
This is a milestone for the city and a step forward in the decarbonisation of public transport.
The bus uses fuel cell technology, which converts green hydrogen into electricity to power the vehicle's electric motor.
The bus uses fuel cell technology, which converts green hydrogen into electricity to power the vehicle's electric motor.
The initiative is part of the ‘A Coruña Green Port’ project, which aims to make the city's port a benchmark for sustainability.
The advantages of the bus powered by green hydrogen are numerous:
Zero polluting emissions: It does not produce greenhouse gas emissions or polluting particles, which contributes to improving air quality in the city.
This pioneering project not only reduces polluting emissions from public transport, but also contributes to the creation of a local ecosystem for the production and consumption of green hydrogen.