CUTE (Clean Urban Transport for Europe)
CUTE (Clean Urban Transport for Europe) is a hydrogen project in Porto, Portugal; status: closed.
Overview
Statusclosed
Country · regionPortugal · Porto
Technologyfuel cell buses with hydrogen supply infrastructure
Producthydrogen
Capacity0.3 MWInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Capacity values retain their recorded units and scope. MW, kt H₂/y and Nm³ H₂/h are different measures; this page does not convert or add them without a shared operating basis.
Details
Technology & product
Carbon Reductionpollution-free local public transport; reducing dependence on crude oil
Components27 fuel cell buses and hydrogen supply infrastructures
Final Usepublic transport
Project GroupCUTE
Project Typedemonstration project
Status & timeline
Lifecycle Stageoperation finished in December 2005
EventCUTE officially closed in March 2006
Date online (tracker field)2003 (meaning under review)International Energy Agency · as of 2026
Additional project information
CountryPortugalInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Progress StatusDemoInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
ProductH2International Energy Agency · as of 2026
TechnologyALKInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Capacity (Announced Size)0.3 MW - 60 Nm3 H2/hInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Capacity (Nm³ H₂/h)65.2 Nm³ H₂/hInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Capacity (kt H2/y)0.051 kt H2/yInternational Energy Agency · as of 2026
Timeline
No recorded project events.
Sources & record history
Sources
- IEA Clean Urban Transport for Europe (CUTE) - Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Buses Shared by 5 fields: Current
- PÚBLICO Autocarros movidos a hidrogénio estreiam-se nas ruas do Porto
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy / Elsevier Lessons learned from infrastructure operation in the CUTE project Shared by 4 fields: Current
- TRID / Transportation Research Board CUTE Hydrogen Bus Project: Findings and Extension to Hyfleet Shared by 2 fields: Current
- International Energy Agency IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset Shared by 9 fields: Snapshot 2026-06-18 · Confidence: reported · Older value (2026)
- Ambiente Online STCP abandona projecto de hidrogénio devido aos «fracos resultados»
Field sources
Shared date, confidence and value status appear once with their source above; a dash in the table refers to that source context.
| Field | Shown value | Original value | Source | Date basis | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CUTE (Clean Urban Transport for Europe) | View exact valueCUTE (Clean Urban Transport for Europe) | Clean Urban Transport for Europe (CUTE) - Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Buses | — | |
| Administrative Area | Porto | View exact valuePorto | Clean Urban Transport for Europe (CUTE) - Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Buses | — | |
| Country | Portugal | View exact valuePRT | Autocarros movidos a hidrogénio estreiam-se nas ruas do Porto | Current | |
| Carbon Reduction | pollution-free local public transport; reducing dependence on crude oil | View exact valuepollution-free local public transport; reducing dependence on crude oil | Lessons learned from infrastructure operation in the CUTE project | — | |
| Components | 27 fuel cell buses and hydrogen supply infrastructures | View exact value27 fuel cell buses and hydrogen supply infrastructures | Lessons learned from infrastructure operation in the CUTE project | — | |
| Final Use | public transport | View exact valuepublic transport | Clean Urban Transport for Europe (CUTE) - Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Buses | — | |
| Product | hydrogen | View exact valuehydrogen | CUTE Hydrogen Bus Project: Findings and Extension to Hyfleet | — | |
| Project Group | CUTE | View exact valueCUTE | Clean Urban Transport for Europe (CUTE) - Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Buses | — | |
| Project Type | demonstration project | View exact valuedemonstration project | Lessons learned from infrastructure operation in the CUTE project | — | |
| Technology | fuel cell buses with hydrogen supply infrastructure | View exact valuefuel cell buses with hydrogen supply infrastructure | Lessons learned from infrastructure operation in the CUTE project | — | |
| Capacity | 0.3 MW | View exact value0.3 MW | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Event | CUTE officially closed in March 2006 | View exact valueCUTE officially closed in March 2006 | CUTE Hydrogen Bus Project: Findings and Extension to Hyfleet | — | |
| Event | Date online : 2003 | View exact value{"date":"2003","date_precision":"year","event":"Date online","basis":"iea_hydrogen_projects_raw.csv"} | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Lifecycle Stage | operation finished in December 2005 | View exact valueoperation finished in December 2005 | Clean Urban Transport for Europe (CUTE) - Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Buses | — | |
| Progress Status | closed | View exact valueclosed | STCP abandona projecto de hidrogénio devido aos «fracos resultados» | Current | |
| Country | Portugal | View exact valuePortugal | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Progress Status | Demo | View exact valueDEMO | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Product | H2 | View exact valueH2 | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Technology | ALK | View exact valueALK | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Capacity (Announced Size) | 0.3 MW - 60 Nm3 H2/h | View exact value0.3MW - 60 Nm3 H2/h | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Capacity (Nm³ H₂/h) | 65.2 Nm³ H₂/h | View exact value65.21739130434783 Nm³ H₂/h | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
| Capacity (kt H2/y) | 0.051 kt H2/y | View exact value0.050846086956521735 kt H2/y | IEA Hydrogen Projects dataset | — | — |
Record history
12 current sourced values · 2 older values · Record updated