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NEBUS in Mexico City in November
HyWeb, 98-09-18: Daimler-Benz will send its NEBUS fuel cell city bus to Mexico City for demonstration as reported by Stuttgarter
Nachrichten on September 14th. This was announced by Klaus-Dieter V”hringer, member of the executive board of Daimler-Benz,
in Mexico City.
Berlin and Hamburg plan to convert fleet to fuel cell buses
HyWeb, 98-09-18: BVG, Berlin's city bus operator, plans to convert its entire fleet to fuel cell buses by the year 2020. The
environmental administration of the city, relying on arguments by the German Federal Environmental Agency saying that fuel cell
buses are too expensive, is in favor of deploying natural gas buses and regards the BVG plans as an "foiling strategy". According
to BVG, environmental as well as economic arguments are in favor of fuel cell buses, reports taz in its August 1st edition.
Hamburger Hochbahn, the operator of the city buses in Hamburg, also plans to deploy fuel cell buses starting in 2005, arguing that
they have economic advantages compared to natural gas buses. Both the Hamburg Senator of Environment and Greenpeace
strongly favor natural gas buses report Hamburger Abendblatt on August 12th and taz on August 25th. Greenpeace argues that
natural gas buses are presently the best option concerning environmental and economic parameters.
Family home to be equipped with fuel cell in Saxony
HyWeb, 98-09-14: The entire energy needs of a family home in Machern near Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, will be supplied by a fuel
cell cogeneration unit operated with natural gas starting this fall. According to an article in the "S„chsische Zeitung" in august, the
fuel cell has been delivered by American Power Corp. of Boston, USA, and has been integrated as a co-generation unit by
Hamburg Gas Consult GmbH of Hamburg, Germany. The regular type family home has before been supplied by an internal
combustion engine co-generation unit in a project called "natural gas house". Operater of the system is Verbundnetz Gas AG
(VNG), an eastern German gas utility. |
