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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9190

12 May 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport/energy
Commission launches new initiative to promote use of hydrogen in transport

Brussels, 11/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 11 May, during the Hamburg conference on the CUTE (Clear Urban Transport for Europe) project, the European Commission presented the results of a trial of hydrogen fuel cell powered buses (system whereby, due to an electrochemical reaction between the oxygen and hydrogen present in air, energy is produced to power an electric motor). Since mid-2003, 27 public transport buses have covered more than one million kilometres and carried more than 4 million...

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