"There are currently no large scale shore power connections in UK ports, due to the prohibitively high capital costs associated with such projects. The price of electricity in the UK and a general lack of consistent demand also means that there is rarely a commercially viable business case for investing in shore power. Such systems, however, have the potential to significantly reduce emissions from ships at berth"
"For new fleet initiatives, costs can be minimised by siting in locations where the prevailing network flows allow for new connections. For existing depots (such as taxis and buses), the feasibility (or cost) of connecting or expanding existing connections will be harder to manage and may require reinforcement" ...??
He added: “I have some concerns, that will need to be overcome, with hydrogen … At the moment very little of our hydrogen is produced in an entirely green fashion.
“We do need to learn some lessons from having pilots first, but I am extremely ambitious on it … and I believe we can do it as a country. And I think we can also steal a march on other places in the world by having British bus manufacturers lead the market as well on hydrogen.”
He added: “I have some concerns, that will need to be overcome, with hydrogen … At the moment very little of our hydrogen is produced in an entirely green fashion.
“We do need to learn some lessons from having pilots first, but I am extremely ambitious on it … and I believe we can do it as a country. And I think we can also steal a march on other places in the world by having British bus manufacturers lead the market as well on hydrogen.”
Bananaman2....looking through seems to me London is well served for power distribution with all its tunnels, esp since LPT and crossrail .....I expect some low volt cable overlap capacity exists too on account of the twelve odd Oil & Coal power stations once there (the big smoke)...just a thought.
Hi BM, can't find any spec on them just now, choice of pack size to suit requirments perhaps . link here has some info re the existing Waterloo depot where two 11 kV substations were required.