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(i)        to continue to support the delivery of the approved hydrogen projects in line with the Action Plan and note the 2019 delivery plan with associated resourcing requirements;

(ii)       to instruct the relevant Chief Officers to assign two retrofitted diesel /hydrogen Transit vans to North East Scotland College (NESCOL) as learning vehicles for the development of a NESCOL hydrogen technical training course;

(iii)      Delegate authority to Head of Commercial and Procurement Services to enter into contract to purchase 5 additional fuel cell buses from the UK joint Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus contract framework at no additional cost to the council; and

(iv)       to instruct the relevant Chief Officers to implement the actions identified in the Council policies and plans review which could incorporate the use of hydrogen technologies in delivering our Local Outcome Improvement Plan objectives.

With reference to article 21 of the minute of meeting of the Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee of 16 January 2018, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – City Growth which provided information on the delivery of the Aberdeen City Region Hydrogen Strategy 2015-2025 and which recommended a series of actions to ensure that the Council’s investment in hydrogen was capitalised on in order to secure future economic benefits for the city.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      continue to support the delivery of the approved hydrogen projects in line with the Action Plan and note the 2019 delivery plan with associated resourcing requirements;

(b)      instruct the relevant Chief Officers to assign two retrofitted diesel /hydrogen Transit vans to North East Scotland College (NESCOL) as learning vehicles for the development of a NESCOL hydrogen technical training course;

(c)      delegate authority to Head of Commercial and Procurement Services to enter into contract to purchase 5 additional fuel cell buses from the UK joint Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus contract framework at no additional cost to the council; and

(d)      instruct the relevant Chief Officers to implement the actions identified in the Council policies and plans review which could incorporate the use of hydrogen technologies in delivering our Local Outcome Improvement Plan objectives.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.