AIR LIQUIDE TO SUPPLY HYDROGEN FOR FUEL
CELL BUSES
BC Transit has awarded a six-year $20 million contract with Air
Liquide Canada Inc. of Montreal to supply hydrogen for the Province's
20 new fuel cell buses, Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon and
BC Transit Chair Kevin Mahoney announced today.
Release:
(23Kb PDF) 10 December 2007
Backgrounder:
(45Kb PDF) 10 December 2007
CONTRACT FOR FUEL CELL BUS FLEET FINALIZED
BC Transit awarded a $46.4 million contract for manufacture of
the world's first fleet of hydrogen fuel cell buses, with delivery
by the end of 2009, announced transportation minister, Kevin Falcon
today.
News
Release (21Kb PDF) 3 August 2007
Backgrounder
(50Kb PDF) 3 August 2007
WORLD’S FIRST HYDROGEN BUS FLEET ONE STEP
CLOSER
The Province is a step closer to deploying the world’s first fleet
of hydrogen buses with $45 million that will go toward the production
of 20 buses and development of hydrogen fuelling stations in Whistler
and Victoria, Premier Gordon Campbell announced at the Hydrogen
and Fuel Cells 2007 international conference and trade show in
Vancouver.
News
Release (24Kb PDF) 30 April 2007
$10M For First Stage of Hydrogen Highway Development
The Province of British Columbia committed $10 million to the
first phase of developing the world's first fleet of hydrogen
buses, supporting the hydrogen highway.
News
Release (22kB PDF) 15 November 2006
Infosheet
(630 kB PDF): summary of implementation schedule (April 2007)
