(^6) ABCOctober 2017busnews.com.au
HYDROGEN BUSES FOR SA
A call for tenders to supply at
least six hydrogen cell buses for
the Adelaide Metro fl eet along
with supporting production and
refuelling infrastructure has
been put out by the South
Australian Government.
The plan is party of a broader
‘Hydrogen Roadmap’ which has
been designed to accelerate
investment in hydrogen
infrastructure and technologies
in the state.
“Within two years, commuters
in Adelaide will be able to
ride on the fi rst of a fl eet of
hydrogen-powered buses using
locally produced fuel,” mineral
resources and energy minister Tom
Koutsantonis says.
“Within three years, South
Australia will have the capacity to
export its fi rst hydrogen supplies
produced using our renewable
energy assets. Within a decade,
South Australian motorists should
be able to drive from Ceduna to
Mt Gambier in a hydrogen-fuelled
vehicle topping up at a state-wide
network of refuelling stations.”
Hydrogen offers an opportunity
to create a new industry in South
Australia, where sun and wind
resources can be exported to the
world, according to Koutsantonis.
“If we move now, South
Australia can lead the nation in
the transition to a clean, safe and
sustainable hydrogen economy.”
Toyota Australia director
of hydrogen mobility Bernie
O’Connor says that with Australia’s
abundance of sun, wind and hydro,
it is ideally placed to transition
away from a reliance on fi nite fossil
fuels to renewable energy.
“Hydrogen will play a key role as
a source for stationary, distributed
and transportation power
generation,” he says.
“Our long-term vision is a future
hydrogen economy and society
built upon clean and renewable
energy technologies.”
The South Australian
Government will also release
an interactive map to provide
investors and project developers
with a tool to identify sites that
are suitable for hydrogen
infrastructure within the state, as
part of the $150 million Renewable
Technology Fund.
The roadmap was developed
following close consultation with
industry, ministerial visits to South
Korea and Japan, and South
Australia’s Green Hydrogen Study.
Japan and South Korea, as hosts
of the next summer and winter
Olympic Games, are among the
nations aiming to transition their
economies to use hydrogen as an
alternative zero-carbon emitting
fuel source.
Hydrogen can be produced
from renewable sources such as
wind or solar through a process
called electrolysis.
Surplus electricity from
renewable generators is used in
an electrolyser to split clean water
into hydrogen and oxygen.
That hydrogen can then be used
in a hydrogen fuel cell to power
vehicles in South Australia, or
exported around the world.
Submissions for the supply of
the six hydrogen cell buses were
made via the SA Tenders website
and closed earlier this month.
Above:
The South
Australian
Government
will roll out
six hydrogen-
powered buses
within the next
two years
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