Question reference: S6W-27886
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: 30 May 2024
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Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 June 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the £4.65 million awarded through the Energy Transition Fund to Aberdeen City Council to expand its hydrogen bus fleet was used to purchase hydrogen buses that were manufactured in Scotland.
Answer
Hydrogen fuel cell buses in Aberdeen supported by grant funding from the Scottish Government were not manufactured in Scotland. State aid and subsequent subsidy control rules mean that grant conditions could not specify which vehicle supplier the bus operator should use.