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Hydrogen project to provide zero-carbon fuel
Monday 22nd November 2021
A hydrogen storage project near Glasgow has received £9.4m in government funding to help drive progress towards decarbonising the UK transport sector. The investment will see the Whitelee green hydrogen project develop an electrolyser, a system which converts water into hydrogen gas to store energy. It will be located alongside Scottish Power’s Whitelee… Read more
CAPS celebrates Global Security Standard
Monday 15th November 2021
The secure data exchange platform CAPS has successfully passed the rigorous Type 1 Service Organisation Control (SOC2) security examination. This is a significant milestone in a year that has seen CAPS continue to grow rapidly, both in terms of numbers of users and transacting claims over the platform. SOC2 is… Read more
Twenty hydrogen-fuelled buses for Go-Ahead
Monday 15th November 2021
The Go-Ahead Group has signed a contract to buy its first hydrogen powered buses, as part of a deal which could become the largest of its kind in Europe. Brighton & Hove and Metrobus has ordered 20 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles from Wrightbus, the Northern Irish manufacturer, for deployment on… Read more
Northern Ireland invests big in electric buses
Friday 12th November 2021
In two separate projects, the government of Northern Ireland has invested more than £100m in its electric bus fleet. First, infrastructure minister Nichola Mallon has unveiled the first of 80 electric double decker buses due to be in passenger service in Belfast in spring 2022. It is part of a… Read more
Support for public sector fleets to adopt hydrogen vehicles
Thursday 4th November 2021
A new Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) has been launched to support local authority fleets to adopt hydrogen fuelled vehicles. It’s the result of a partnership between The Procurement Partnership (TPPL) and the Highland Council and is available to all councils and the wider public sector across the UK. The new… Read more
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