Tag: Aberdeen
Aberdeen Paid £556k Per Hydrogen Bus. Five Years Later, First Bus Is Paying £30k
Aberdeen’s hydrogen double-deckers have finally produced a useful market price, and it is more revealing than another theoretical argument about fuel-cell efficiency, hydrogen costs or refuelling infrastructure. First Bus is set to buy 23 Wrightbus StreetDeck Hydroliners for £30,000 each. Aberdeen City Council originally spent about £13.9 million on the … [continued]
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Denmark Can Produce 140% Of Its Electricity Demand From Wind Power…So What Happens To The Extra 40%?
Denmark achieved a record-setting pace for wind power last week, reaching 140% of the nation’s entire electricity demand during an early-morning period.
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OCTA Is Spending Again On Hydrogen Because The Fuel Chain Failed
The Orange County Transportation Authority is spending another $27.6 million on hydrogen infrastructure as it expands its fuel-cell bus fleet from 10 buses toward 50. Read the announcement quickly and it sounds like ordinary fleet growth: more buses require more fueling capacity. OCTA’s history makes the story much less straightforward. … [continued]
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Ember’s Electric Coaches Show Intercity Bus Electrification Is Already Here
Edinburgh makes electric transit visible. The city has electrified regional rail, trams and a growing number of electric buses, including large battery-electric double-deckers that stand out from the pavement. That progress is important, but it is not especially surprising. Urban buses were always expected to be among the first heavy … [continued]
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Loganair Agrees To Buy Five BETA Technologies Short Range Electric Aircraft
Loganair is Scotland’s primary regional airline, which means many of its daily flights are relatively short hops of 100 miles or less. That means they are ideal for a short-haul electric airplane like the ALIA CX300 manufactured by BETA Technologies. Recently, Loganair agreed to purchase five of those airplanes, which … [continued]
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