For the next six months, Basel, Switzerland is the site of a field test of a hydrogen-fuel cell powered street sweeper.

This project, "hy.muve" (hydrogen driven municipal vehicle), is part of the collaboration “Experience space mobility in the 2000-Watt-Society Basel”, between the city of Basel and the ETH domain on testing and demonstrating environmentally friendly technologies. Sustainserv has coordinated this multi-stakeholder project for over three years, including providing support and management for various aspects of the project, including communications.

The research vehicle, named CityCat H₂, is the first of its kind world-wide to be tested under real world conditions over a period of months. The CityCat H₂ is being used by the city cleaning department of Basel in its regular cleaning operations.

This project was initiated by the Competence Center Energy and Mobility (CCEM-CH) of the Swiss ETH domain, conducted collaboratively with the research institutes Empa and PSI, the street sweeper producer Bucher Schörling, Proton Motor, and other partners, and supported by Novatlantis – sustainability in the ETH domain with socio-economic studies.

For more information, visit the websites of the participating partners:
http://www.empa.ch/hy.muve
http://www.bucherschoerling.ch
http://www.proton-motor.de
http://ccem-ch.web.psi.ch
www.novatlantis.ch

2000-Watt-Society Basel (German only): http://www.aue.bs.ch/fachbereiche/fachuebergreifendes/nachhaltige-entwicklung/pilotregion.htm