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All on board
THE days of polluting public transport are nearly behind us, and Palma City Council has shown that they’re on board with a hydrogen bus scheme. The city’s first zeroemission hydrogen vehicle was unveiled on Wednesday, February 1.
During a meeting on Wednesday morning, the councillor for Transport, Francesc Dalmau and the manager of the EMT transport service took a look at the city’s prototype hydrogen bus. The bus which had just arrived from manufacturers in the Polish city of Poznan is one of five hydrogenfuelled buses in the council fleet.
Palma has become the second city in Spain, after Barcelona to take the pioneering step of using zeroemission hydrogen vehicles thanks to the European Green Hysland Mallorca project, which will use hydrogen generated on the island. The five buses costed an estimated €1 million each.
Dalmau spoke at the launch event saying “We are taking another step towards sustainable mobility. Palma will be a pioneering city in terms of zeroemission public transport. We are also prioritising user comfort with these buses that make less noise and have gentler braking systems.”
