Five 12-metre green hydrogen buses manufactured by Solaris will join EMT’s fleet for around €4.8m ($5.1m) and be used on various routes from next week.
EMT will be the first customer of the green hydrogen plant in Lloseta, which is the ‘first’ industrial renewable hydrogen plant in Spain and is part of the Power to Green Hydrogen Mallorca project led by Enagás Renovable and ACCIONA Energía.
The companies first announced renewable hydrogen is being produced at the facility in 2021. H2 View understands it can produce at least 300 tonnes of hydrogen annually.
Read more: Mallorca’s ‘first’ industrial renewable hydrogen produced in Lloseta
The new hydrogen buses are the second phase of EMT Palma’s fleet renewal, which is expected to gradually include up to 65 new vehicles. When the phase is completed, its predicted EMT Palma will have renewed more than 90% of its fleet since 2015.
Juan Pedro Yllanes, President of the Government of the Balearic Islands, said, “This collaboration with Palma City Council shows the government’s new commitment to collective, zero-emissions transport.
“The green hydrogen produced in the Lloseta plant will play an important role in promoting the energy transition and we know it will serve as an example to other island territories.”
The new bus model was funded by the Balearic Islands Government under the Capital Status Act and is part of the European Hysland project which includes Power to Green Hydrogen Mallorca.
Through the Clean Hydrogen Partnership, the European Union has provided more than €10m for the implementation of the project, which received funding from the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE) of the Ministry of Ecological Change and Demographic Challenge under the Moves Singular Projects programme.
Joan Groizard, IDAE Managing Director, said, “The buses represent the first material result of the first industrial plant for renewable hydrogen in Spain and Southern Europe and contribute to building a renewable hydrogen ecosystem on the island of Mallorca, promoting sustainable mobility, meeting Spain’s environmental objectives and making our country an international centre for green hydrogen.”
Solaris Bus & Coach recently received an order for 12 of its hydrogen-powered buses from German-based Stadtwerke Aschaffenburg Verkehrs.
Read more: Solaris receives debut order for 12 hydrogen buses from Germany
Under the agreement, Aschaffenburg will receive 10 Urbino 12-metre hydrogen units and two Urbino 18-metre hydrogen units for an undisclosed price.
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