Partners

The EcoBus trial involved the close cooperation of many different organisations and stakeholders including:

• The Government of Western Australia, which led the project and provided the majority of funding. The Department for Planning and Infrastructure was responsible for the management of the trial.

• The Australian Commonwealth Government, particularly the Australian Greenhouse Office funded a portion of the project and was part of the project steering committee (although the AGO is now part of the Department of Climate Change, the section concerned is still located within the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts).

• DaimlerChrysler, which developed, delivered and maintained the EcoBuses in Perth and other cities participating in the trial around the world.

• BP constructed the hydrogen refuelling infrastructure and supplied and subsidised the supply of hydrogen for the trial in the first two years.

• BOC was involved in the development of the hydrogen refuelling infrastructure and carrying out the hydrogen storage and handling activities in the first two years. In the third year, BOC was responsible for supplying purified hydrogen for the EcoBuses following BP’s completion of its original obligations.

• Ballard Power Systems supplied the hydrogen fuel cells used in the EcoBuses.

• The Public Transport Authority managed the contract with Path Transit and provided the land for the hydrogen refuelling infrastructure.

• Path Transit was one of the three companies that operate metropolitan bus services in Perth for the State Government. Path Transit volunteered to operate and maintain the fuel cell buses from their Malaga based depot.

• Murdoch University conducted several evaluations into the trial, investigating areas such as operations, performance, Life Cycle Analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) and public perception analysis.