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Towngas, Citybus parent Bravo Transport sign agreement for Hong Kong Island hydrogen refuelling station
- The two companies are ‘paving the way for everyone to use hydrogen energy with ease in the future’, Towngas managing director Peter Wong says
- Hong Kong’s first hydrogen refuelling station, in Citybus’s West Kowloon depot, is expected to be operational by October
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The Hong Kong and China Gas Company (Towngas) and Bravo Transport Services, the parent of major Hong Kong bus operator Citybus, have signed an agreement to develop a hydrogen refuelling station on Hong Kong Island and explore the use of hydrogen as an alternative fuel source.
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The firms will collaborate on a Citybus depot on Hong Kong Island, which upon completion in 12 months’ time, will be able to extract about 500kg of hydrogen a day, enough for the operation of 10 to 12 hydrogen buses a day, according to a statement on Sunday.
While Towngas will be responsible for the design and extension of the existing pipe network, the supply of fuel cell-graded hydrogen, the installation of a hydrogen extraction facility and the provision of maintenance services, Citybus will be responsible for procuring and maintaining hydrogen buses, and deploying and operating these on selected routes to obtain relevant operational data and information.
The two companies are “paving the way for everyone to use hydrogen energy with ease in the future”, Peter Wong Wai-yee, Towngas’s managing director, said in the statement.
“I look forward to the Towngas-powered hydrogen buses serving the public as soon as possible in order to build a sustainable urban transport system.”
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