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CENIT reviews Hydrogen as an alternative technology and prepares a practical guide for public transport implementation<\/h3>\n
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We are all agreed on the need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels<\/strong>. There is no debate there. However, where we go from here is very much under the spotlight.<\/p>\nTechnological advances have paved the way for the growth of the market for electric fuel cell buses powered by hydrogen<\/strong>. While this solution is viable at a technical level, it is often faced with practical implementation problems<\/strong>, either due to lack of infrastructure or regulatory aspects, amongst a whole range of other issues. To this we should add the uncertainty of how the technology itself may evolve over time. All such issues contribute to a significant level of uncertainty in the decision to purchase electric fuel cell buses powered by hydrogen<\/strong>.<\/p>\nIn light of this the Metropolitan Transport Authority of Barcelona has commissioned CENIT to conduct a holistic overview of the current bus-related technology with hydrogen fuel cells<\/strong> to help operators and companies make a correct – and informed – decision with regards to procurement.<\/p>\nCENIT’s Paco Gasparin shares more detail “It’s been an eye opening experience, and we’re delighted that the results of our work will help operators and bus companies alike to understand the nature of hydrogen technology, the related infrastructure and its production components<\/strong>“.<\/p>\nGasparin’s final work will include the benchmarking of international initiatives and numerous interviews with experts<\/strong> \u2013 without forgetting an exhaustive evaluation of the costs linked to the technology in question, and the risks and opportunities.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_blurb title=”Paco Gaspar\u00edn” image=”https:\/\/cimne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/francesc_gasparin-1.jpg” icon_alignment=”left” image_max_width=”43%” _builder_version=”4.9.10″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjI1NjYifX0=@” hover_enabled=”0″ title_text=”francesc_gasparin” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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The Latin American Development Bank report highlights the current investment gap in the region and reviews intervention strategies to tackle future challenges and trends<\/h3>\r\n[\/fusion_text][fusion_text columns=\"\" column_min_width=\"\" column_spacing=\"\" rule_style=\"default\" rule_size=\"\" rule_color=\"\" hide_on_mobile=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\" class=\"\" id=\"\"]\r\n\r\nIncreased and sustained investment in infrastructure is of paramount importance for economic growth in any region, and nowhere is this truer than in the Latin American region where inconsistent and insufficient investment<\/strong> was noted as the main cause of slower economic growth<\/strong> during the mid-term period 2007-2012. Falling investment in transport infrastructure and logistics has had a knock-on effect on the commercial development of the region as a whole.\r\n\r\nThe Latin American Development Bank, founded 50 years ago, recently funded an investment analysis study of the region\u00b4s intercity land transport sector, focusing specifically on road and rail. Irene de Cubas, CENIT\u00b4s Research Engineer for the report explains\r\n\r\n\"We know there is a direct correlation between a country or region\u00b4s GDP and transport infrastructure. In fact, Latin America<\/strong> is an extreme case, having a very limited transport network in relation to land area and population. So this is what we would call an infrastructure gap<\/strong>, in other words the need for investment projects to gradually bring the region in line or on an even footing with other regions such or Europe, North America or Asia Pacific to encourage long term increased economic growth and prosperity as a whole\".\r\n\r\nSpecifically, the report highlights:\r\n\r\n- Performance and sustainability indicators<\/strong> and impact of new technologies\r\n- Capacity and demand measures<\/strong> to determine the need for future investment\r\n- Gap analysis<\/strong> comparing land transport infrastructure to the OECD objective\r\n- Overriding trends and challenges<\/strong> in the transport sector\r\n- Social and environmental effects<\/strong>\r\n- The impacts of expected technological innovations and the expected medium and long-term effects for Latin America\r\n- The need to establish criteria<\/strong> for selecting those projects that can provide the greatest added value, the focus being to prioritise profitable and sustainable projects\r\n\r\nAs with all long term strategic investment projects, it\u00b4s not just about doing things right, but in fact doing the right thing in the first place.\r\n\r\n[\/fusion_text][fusion_youtube id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DSagX8dknQI\" alignment=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" autoplay=\"false\" api_params=\"&rel=0\" hide_on_mobile=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\" class=\"\" css_id=\"\" \/][\/fusion_builder_column][\/fusion_builder_row][\/fusion_builder_container]","_et_gb_content_width":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Are we ready for Hydrogen? - CIMNE","description":"CENIT reviews Hydrogen as an alternative technology and prepares a practical guide for public transport implementation"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[284,40],"tags":[459,460,463,461,462],"class_list":["post-251147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cenit","category-innovation-news","tag-city-life","tag-emissions","tag-hydrogen","tag-public-transport","tag-urban-mobility"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimne.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimne.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimne.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimne.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimne.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cimne.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimne.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cimne.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimne.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cimne.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}