Go-Ahead selects Air Products as partner for pioneering hydrogen bus fleet

The Go-Ahead Group has agreed a 15-year hydrogen supply deal with Air Products, a world leading industrial gas company, to power a fleet of fuel cell buses for deployment in the Gatwick Airport, Crawley and Horley area. The single-decker GB Kite Hydroliner buses, manufactured by Wrightbus in Northern Ireland, will be delivered in June 2022. They will be the first hydrogen powered vehicles in Go-Ahead’s fleet of more than 6,000 buses. It is the intention that the hydrogen to power the buses will meet, or exceed, UK government standards on…

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Go-Ahead’s carbon reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative

The Go-Ahead Group is pleased to announce that its emissions reduction targets have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as consistent with levels required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. In a climate change strategy published last month, Go-Ahead announced that it intends to lead the UK transport industry in carbon reduction by achieving a 75% cut in emissions by 2035, and by becoming a fully carbon neutral company by 2045. This will involve a wholesale shift in technology, including converting the group’s fleet of…

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