Alexei Kulapin, the chairman of the Russian Energy Agency (REA) under the Ministry of Energy, stated that the first hydrogen buses would be tested on the streets of Moscow in the near future.
According to Kulapin, the Russian Federation still has the job of converting 10% of urban and intercity passenger transportation to hydrogen by 2030. On the territory of the Russian Federation, around a thousand hydrogen filling stations are expected to be built 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.
Plans to build a network of hydrogen filling stations are also being undertaken, according to the REA’s head. “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.
