Logan Energy, the Edinburgh-based alternative fuel specialists, have announced a deal with Czech firm ČEZ ESCO, under which the Scottish firm will supply critical equipment for ten hydrogen-powered buses in the town of Mníšek pod Brdy.

The project will use green hydrogen, produced using hydroelectric power, to achieve near zero emissions, and will provide the region with long range buses that can operate in the hilly terrain 20 miles south-west of Prague.

The scheme is due to be completed by 2025, with the Scottish firm set to engineer, manufacture, supply and maintain all of the project’s equipment. That will include electrolysers to convert water into hydrogen, storage tanks, compressors, fuelling systems and key contractor services.

The deal, closed for an undisclosed amount, is Logan Energy’s largest to date, as well as being the Czech Republic’s largest hydrogen project so far.

Commenting on the deal, Bill Ireland, Logan Energy’s CEO, said: “We are honoured to have been selected as the supplier of technology for the largest public fleet of hydrogen buses in the Czech Republic. We would like to thank ČEZ for their trust in our experience. We believe the project will be a catalyst for further transport and hydrogen economy projects in the Czech Republic.

“This project is just part of the ramp up of hydrogen fuelling stations planned across the UK, Europe and worldwide and we’re proud to be supplying reliable technology to drive this revolution.”

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Logan Energy has already been involved in projects for hydrogen transport in Aberdeen, Belfast and the Scottish islands, and the firm estimates that over 1,000 hydrogen fuelling stations will be built across Europe by 2030.

Earlier this year, the company secured fresh funding from Scottish Enterprise and Singaporean green energy company Lanxing New Energy to the tune of £5 million, with plans to advance its systems-focused approach in the hydrogen power sector.

Scaling up hydrogen production is a key target for the Scottish Government, which released a Hydrogen Action Plan two years ago with a blueprint for establishing Hydrogen Energy Hubs, like that to be developed at the decommission Chapelcross nuclear facility.