{"id":575,"date":"2007-05-16T05:53:05","date_gmt":"2007-05-16T03:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.greenmedia.md\/?p=575"},"modified":"2007-05-16T05:53:05","modified_gmt":"2007-05-16T03:53:05","slug":"utc-and-van-hool-bring-belgium-its-first-hydrogen-fuel-cell-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/utc-and-van-hool-bring-belgium-its-first-hydrogen-fuel-cell-bus.html","title":{"rendered":"UTC and Van Hool bring Belgium its first hydrogen fuel cell bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autobloggreen.com\/category\/hydrogen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hydrogen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utcpower.com\/fs\/com\/bin\/fs_com_Page\/0,11491,0215,00.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\" \" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogsmithmedia.com\/www.autobloggreen.com\/media\/2007\/05\/utc-bus.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>UTC Power, which has been operating a hydrogen fuel cell in Connecticut for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autobloggreen.com\/2007\/04\/11\/first-fuel-cell-hybrid-bus-hits-the-road-in-connecticut\/\">about a month<\/a>, has brought the European country of Belgium its first fuel cell bus, in partnership with bus manufacturer Van Hool. The bus is a 43-foot hybrid electric transit bus that can carry over 100 passengers. It has a UTC Power fuel cell system and will go into service in early June, first for six months in Belgium and then other European countries. UTC has similar buses operating in Oakland and Palm Springs, California.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utcpower.com\/\">UTC Power<\/a> president Jan van Dokkum said in a release that the bus is being given to Belgium for the half-year trial period. &#8220;There is growing momentum worldwide for cleaner transit solutions, and we believe this &#8216;try-before-you- buy&#8217; arrangement will only help accelerate that momentum,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"View First fuel cell hybrid bus hits the road in Connecticut on Autoblog Green\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autobloggreen.com\/2007\/04\/11\/first-fuel-cell-hybrid-bus-hits-the-road-in-connecticut\/\">First fuel cell hybrid bus hits the road in Connecticut<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"View UTC Power's PureMotion 120 drives test buses running on hydrogen fuel cells on Autoblog Green\" href=\"http:\/\/www.autobloggreen.com\/2006\/10\/17\/utc-power-s-puremotion-120-drives-test-buses-running-on-hydrogen\/\">UTC Power&#8217;s PureMotion 120 drives test buses running on hydrogen fuel cells<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Source: UTC]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.utcpower.com\/fs\/com\/bin\/fs_com_Page\/0,11491,0215,00.html\">Read<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autobloggreen.com\/2007\/05\/15\/utc-and-van-hool-bring-belgium-its-first-hydrogen-fuel-cell-bus\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent link to this entry\">Permalink<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autobloggreen.com\/forward\/896844\/\" title=\"Send this entry to a friend via email\">Email this<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/cosmos\/search.html?rank=&amp;fc=1&amp;url=http:\/\/www.autobloggreen.com\/2007\/05\/15\/utc-and-van-hool-bring-belgium-its-first-hydrogen-fuel-cell-bus\/\" title=\"Linking Blogs\">Linking Blogs<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autobloggreen.com\/2007\/05\/15\/utc-and-van-hool-bring-belgium-its-first-hydrogen-fuel-cell-bus\/#comments\" title=\"View reader comments on this entry\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"Sponsored By\" href=\"http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/click;h=v2|3747|0|0|%2a|a;44404524;0-0;0;13519410;31-1|1;17996600|18014495|1;;%3fhttp:\/\/www.fordboldmoves.com\/default.aspx?bannerid=%esid!|%epid!|%eaid!|%ecid!\">BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD<\/a> Step behind the curtain at Ford Motor. 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