WSW mobil GmbH receives around 2.3 million euros in funding from the state for the purchase of 10 buses

The Oberbergische Verkehrsgesellschaft (OVAG) receives 1.23 million euros for the procurement of a bus powered by a fuel cell, plus a hydrogen storage unit

The German Ministry of Transport continues to release funds to various transport companies in German, this time it is WSW Mobil and OVAG.

WSW mobil GmbH

Stadtwerke Wuppertal (WSW mobil GmbH) receives around 1.23 million euros in funding from the state for the purchase of 10 buses with fuel cell technology, including the fueling infrastructure. In addition WSW mobil GmbH will receive another 1.08 million euros for the purchase of a storage unit to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell buses.

Stadtwerke generates the required hydrogen in its own waste-to-energy plant. Ulrich Jaeger, Managing Director of WSW mobil GmbH, said: “For Wuppertal and WSW mobil, fuel cell technology is ideal for realizing zero-emission local public transport. Such projects are currently not economically viable without public funding from the state. But politics and transport companies in NRW can be pioneers for green public transport in this way. ”