After almost two years in garages due to lack of fuel, Five green hydrogen buses From the EMT of Palma they will have to go to bring so as not to overheat and thus be able to prolong their useful life after its premiere last weekend.
Specifically, The instruction given by the company’s management to drivers To those who touch these vehicles that already circulate through the streets of the Balearic capital is that They do not exceed 70 km/h. Following the information provided by Solaris, the manufacturer recommends not exceed 70 km/h in these buses because with this measure Possible temperature excesses are avoided that could affect the durability of engines and reduce their useful life.
In addition, it will help Adjust consumption and improve your autonomy. Therefore, the EMT has already asked the aforementioned manufacturer for the Electronic speed adjustment to the aforementioned 70 km/h, Therefore, the label located to the driver’s left has been modified and a new one has been added in the watch box. The latter will remain until the reprogramming process carried out by Solaris that will prevent the maximum recommended speed will end.
The five hydrogen buses were bought by the former socialist mayor José Hila For a million euros the unit and since its arrival in Palma in the end of the last legislature, they were parked in garages and there they remained since There was no fuel in Mallorca to supply them.
These buses began their operations last Saturday, reinforcing lines 8 and 33, which usually transfer to the fans of Son Moix and back to the center of Palma after the game, the day that the RCD Mallorca plays at home.
Specifically, these vehicles are serving in the Lines 1 (Portopí- unionat), 24 (Antiga presó – nou bent), 20 (Portopí-are spases), 29 (Son Espases-Pl Progrés), 39 (Son Espases-Palau de Congresos) and 40 (Transverse eixample).
The circulation of these five hydrogen buses has been possible two years after their acquisition by the previous government team, when The Lloseta plant has begun to produce green hydrogen. In addition, the tender and contracting of said supply has been carried out, an essential administrative process that was pending and that the current government team has prepared and executed.
In September last year The EMT Board of Directors awarded the supply of hydrogen to these five buses for 219,928.80 euros For a year to the company Power to Green Hydrogen Mallorca, with a cost of 10.59 euros per kilo. In addition, the municipal company also acquired a provisional hydrogen dispenser for the loading of the five vehicles.
A provisional lease for 324,352.60 euros to the company Prf-Gas Technology and Construction, which included the installation and its integral maintenance that has allowed the burden of buses.
In recent days, Hydrogen has been injected into deposits through a dispenser or hydrogeneraalso tendered and hired in this legislature. The complete download towards buses lasts an average of 15 minutes. In addition, vehicles have had to pass the ITV as a legal requirement and carry out a subsequent dry filming (without passengers).
Thus, in the Lloseta plant the hydrogen is loaded into trucks at a pressure of 300 bars, for later transfer to the Palma logistics station. These platforms have a capacity of about 400 kilos. Given that Each of the buses consumes about 25 kilos dailyso the service in a full day of work is in principle guaranteed.
