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Fronius announced that it will test, for two weeks in Austria, the operation of the Solhub, a bus with H2V (green hydrogen) produced locally from solar energy.
According to the manufacturer, the Solaris Urbino 12 Hydrogen will be used in public transport in the city of Wels. The vehicle will be fueled daily with around 13 kg of hydrogen at the company's R&D (Research and Development) headquarters in Thalheim.
The process, which takes around 15 minutes, allows the vehicle to travel at least 160 km depending on the conditions of use. “The best thing is that heat and steam are the only products resulting from the chemical reaction in the fuel cell, which works like a kind of miniature power plant. Hydrogen fueling is fast, convenient and little different from a diesel car,” said Anna Mejer, CEO of Solaris Bus.
“With Solhub, we offer a complete turnkey solution that enables the local production of H2V and its use to power fuel cell vehicles,” commented Martin Hackl, Global Head of the Solar Energy Business Unit at Fronius International GmbH.
For the executive, the biggest challenge is the availability of this technology. “The Fronius Solhub solves this problem by producing directly on site using photovoltaic energy, eliminating the need for long transport and import routes that are harmful to the environment, guaranteeing the generation of hydrogen free of CO2 emissions,” he explained.
“This is how we show that this technology works and that it is already suitable for everyday use,” added Thomas Rührlinger from the Hydrogen Solutions Development Department at Fronius International GmbH.
Rührlinger highlighted that, in the coming years, the expectation is to see many more cases of implementation by customers in commercial and production companies, local authorities and companies in transport, logistics, tourism, as well as users of special vehicles and within communities of renewable energy.
