BP has opened its first hydrogen fuelling station in the UK. The station, located in Hornchurch in Essex, has been providing refuelling services nearly four months for three public buses operating in central London.
The filling station and the buses are part of the Clean Urban Transport for Europe (CUTE) demonstration project, funded by the European Commission, to support nine European cities by introducing hydrogen into their public transport system.
David Nicolas, spokesman for BP, said: The Hornchurch filling station is only for the demonstration buses and not for public use.
BP has taken part in the demonstration project in order to gain more information about the possibilities of hydrogen use in the future. We are researching in a large scale, building up experience and we have a long-term approach to the scheme.
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