REA chairman Alexei Kulapin has announced that the first hydrogen buses will be tested on the streets of Moscow soon.
Kulapin believes that there is still work to be done until 2030 to convert 10% of urban and intercity passenger transportation to hydrogen. It is expected that a thousand hydrogen filling stations will be built on the territory of the Russian Federation by the deadline.
“I am optimistic that these ideas will be realized,” he stated. “In the not-too-distant future, the first hydrogen buses will begin to test their capabilities on the streets of Russia’s capital. “These will be our homegrown producers,” Kulapin explained.
According to the REA’s head, the organization is also working on establishing a network of hydrogen filling stations.
“Today, we approved a strategy for the development of electric and hydrogen refueling infrastructure. Budgetary funds have been provided to promote this direction, and REA is one of the centers of expertise for the implementation of this strategy. Subsidies would be granted to Russian Federation areas for the construction of an electric filling infrastructure, in particular,” he concluded.
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