 | Hydrogen Flyer Proposition Flyer Sept 2026 v.8 | Hydrogen Trams as a Service (HTaaS) is the UK’s first fully integrated, zero emission, whole system hydrogen mobility platform, enabling rapid deployment of Very Light Rail MRT (VLR) without the capital, delivery or operational risks associated with traditional tram systems.
HTaaS replaces the conventional “procure build own operate” model with a single contract, OPEX based Energy as a Service framework, delivering predictable costs, guaranteed performance and verifiable carbon reduction from day one.
HTaaS integrates hydrogen production, storage, refuelling, fleet operations, digital optimisation and lifecycle management into a unified service.
This transforms hydrogen from a fragmented, project by project fuel into a bankable, city region scale energy system aligned with Net Zero 2030–2035 pathways.
A defining feature of HTaaS is its ability to transform the municipality and others, from a transport operator into a local clean energy producer and distributor.
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| Hydrogen as a Service May 2026 V.26 | HTaaS is more than a Transport Solution.
It is a new municipal energy model, a new commercial model, and a new pathway to net?zero cities.
The transition to a net?zero economy requires solutions that are not only technically credible, but deliverable, affordable and capable of transforming the way our city’s function.
Hydrogen Trams as a Service (HTaaS) represents precisely this kind of innovation: a UK?developed, commercially mature, whole?system approach that integrates clean transport, local energy production and municipal fleet decarbonisation into a single, coherent platform. | Hydrogen as a Service |
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| Hydrogen trams as a Service V.23 | Updated 7 April 2025. "Hydrogen Trams as a Services v.23" has been modularised and starter models can be chosen to suit: Podcast @ https://www.railindustryconnect.co.uk/rail-industry-connected-hydrogen-trams-as-a-service-with-jim-harkins-light-rail-uk/ A summary of some significant benefits: • The benefits of Light Rail & VLR when combined with the emerging low cost benefits of the Hydrogen Industry point to a significant game changing outcome. • Within our consortium we can supply funding for infrastructure, vehicles, and legislation to be repaid over an agreed term, 25 years+. • A design and build team will work with the client as in house or as DBOM type partnership. • A possible matched Hydrogen plant investment dowry circa £11M. • Establish a Tram vehicle assembly factory for domestic and European export. • We have a range of game changing Hydrogen Products such as Tritonex Hydrogen Barrier System, the only coating in the world that creates a 100% isolation barrier between hydrogen gas and the substrate easing transportation, storage, traction, and distribution. Tritonor. • A “cold process” of tip site plastic recovery and anaerobic food waste conversion and blending to high quality green Hydrogen. • A low cost supply of green hydrogen for either on board the tram or supplied by traditional overhead line. • A standard vehicle pump fueling facility for use with domestic rubber wheeled municipal vehicles including bus fleets. • | Hydrogen as a Service |
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| BCIMO Invitation 12 Dec 2024 | I am delighted to invite you to the Hydrogen Trams as a Service Working Group, proudly supported by Clean
Futures and hosted by BCIMO at the esteemed Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre Dudley
This exclusive session brings together key light rail stakeholders from across the UK for an engaging and
thought-provoking discussion. Participants will explore the latest advancements in hydrogen technology and
the transformative opportunities it presents for the future of the UK’s light rail sector, particularly within
regional development | Hydrogen as a Service |
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| Hydrogen as a Service - Public Transport | To date, effective storage and distribution of hydrogen have been two of the main constraints on its development as a green fuel for decarbonisation of the economy.
However, a UK nano-technology company called Triton Hydrogen has developed a simple coating product which provides a quantum leap forward in the delivery of hydrogen as the green fuel of the future. Tritonex Barrier Coating System can be applied to new or existing infrastructure and forms an impermeable seal to the surface, preventing permeation and embrittlement | Hydrogen as a Service |
