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  • Leading Organization:
    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    Implementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
    UNDP, Ministry of Mines and Energy
    Summary:

    Diesel-powered urban buses are major contributors to air pollution in mega-cities, particularly in developing countries, which represent 75% of world bus markets. They also make a significant and growing contribution to GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions. Trolley buses, with their all electric drive-lines, offer only a limited solution to these problems. Their overhead wire networks restrict their flexibility, and the cost of these networks limits them to high-density routes.

    This project was designed to stimulate the development and utilization of fuel cell buses by supporting a significant operational test of fuel cell buses in the greater Sao Paulo Metropolitan Area. It assisted the Brazilian Government and the Empresa Metropolitana de Transportes Urbanos de Sao Paulo S/A in obtaining and operating 8 fuel cell buses in order to provide feedback to the technology developers and to gain meaningful experience in the operation and management of buses powered by fuel cell drive trains.

    This project has paved the way for further GEF projects in Brazil that will be required for fuel cell buses to be commercially produced and provide sexperience and increased demand for the fuel cell buses.

    Project Status:
    Project Completed. Completion date: 31 December 2010
    Project Details
    Funding Source:
    GEF-Trust Fund
    Financing Amount:
    GEF Project Grant 12,274,000
    Cofinancing Total:
    9,169,000
    Total Amounts:
    21,787,100
    Resources:
    UNDP Brazil
    File(s):
    Brazil: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses for Urban Transport - Project Appraisal Document
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