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Title: Fuel Cell Buses in U.S. Transit Fleets: Current Status 2015

Abstract

This report, published annually, summarizes the progress of fuel cell electric bus (FCEB) development in the United States and discusses the achievements and challenges of introducing fuel cell propulsion in transit. Various stakeholders, including FCEB developers, transit agencies, and system integrators, have expressed the value of this annual status report, which provides a summary of results from evaluations performed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The annual status report tracks the progress of the FCEB industry toward meeting technical targets, documents the lessons learned, and discusses the path forward for commercial viability of fuel cell technology for transit buses. The 2015 summary results primarily focus on the most recent year for each demonstration, from August 2014 through July 2015. The results for these buses account for more than 1,045,000 miles traveled and 83,000 hours of fuel cell power system operation. The primary results presented in the report are from two demonstrations of fuel-cell-dominant bus designs: the Zero Emission Bay Area Demonstration Group led by Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) in California and the American Fuel Cell Bus Project at SunLine Transit Agency in California.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  2. Federal Transit Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office
OSTI Identifier:
1233478
Report Number(s):
NREL/TP-5400-64974
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; fuel cell electric bus; fuel cell bus; FCEB; technology validation; hydrogen infrastructure; transit

Citation Formats

Eudy, Leslie, Post, Matthew, and Gikakis, Christina. Fuel Cell Buses in U.S. Transit Fleets: Current Status 2015. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.2172/1233478.
Eudy, Leslie, Post, Matthew, & Gikakis, Christina. Fuel Cell Buses in U.S. Transit Fleets: Current Status 2015. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1233478
Eudy, Leslie, Post, Matthew, and Gikakis, Christina. 2015. "Fuel Cell Buses in U.S. Transit Fleets: Current Status 2015". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1233478. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1233478.
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title = {Fuel Cell Buses in U.S. Transit Fleets: Current Status 2015},
author = {Eudy, Leslie and Post, Matthew and Gikakis, Christina},
abstractNote = {This report, published annually, summarizes the progress of fuel cell electric bus (FCEB) development in the United States and discusses the achievements and challenges of introducing fuel cell propulsion in transit. Various stakeholders, including FCEB developers, transit agencies, and system integrators, have expressed the value of this annual status report, which provides a summary of results from evaluations performed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The annual status report tracks the progress of the FCEB industry toward meeting technical targets, documents the lessons learned, and discusses the path forward for commercial viability of fuel cell technology for transit buses. The 2015 summary results primarily focus on the most recent year for each demonstration, from August 2014 through July 2015. The results for these buses account for more than 1,045,000 miles traveled and 83,000 hours of fuel cell power system operation. The primary results presented in the report are from two demonstrations of fuel-cell-dominant bus designs: the Zero Emission Bay Area Demonstration Group led by Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) in California and the American Fuel Cell Bus Project at SunLine Transit Agency in California.},
doi = {10.2172/1233478},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 11 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Fri Dec 11 00:00:00 EST 2015}
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