Luxfer Gas Cylinders and Ricardo have formed a partnership to advance a project that aims to deploy 150 hydrogen-powered buses on UK routes by 2024

The project utilises locally produced ‘green hydrogen’ to provide more sustainable transport options for the communities

Wrightbus has secured the funding, as it looks to build 3,000 zero-emission buses

The CCC will be shown a number of initiatives, including plans to retrofit social homes across Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Coventry and a visit to Tyesley Energy Park

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has appointed the supplier to deliver a new zero-emission hydrogen bus fleet

Trials of diesel bus retrofits and NHS hydrogen vehicles have secured a share of a £2.5m government funding

It is part of Birmingham City Council’s Clean Air Hydrogen Bus Pilot, which aims to tackle the city’s poor air quality and support its net zero carbon target

The investment will fund 4,000 new UK-built electric or hydrogen buses

The 60-seat buses are forecast to save one kilogram of carbon dioxide with each kilometre they drive

The zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell double-deckers will be introduced with National Express West Midlands from April 2021