On 31 August 2025, Mr. Kamel Baddari, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, oversaw the launch of the green hydrogen engine manufacturing project #BAHU at the ministry’s headquarters. Representatives from the Ministry of National Defence, the Central Directorate of Military Industry, the Director General of Scientific Research and Technological Development, the Director of the National Higher School of Renewable Energies, research centre directors, green hydrogen researchers, and the National Industrial Vehicle Company attended the event.

This project is part of an initiative to enhance research and development results, and transform innovation into valuable, manufactured outcomes. this is done by converting the diesel engines of public transport buses to operate using green hydrogen.

The green hydrogen-powered bus engine will save 31% of the local energy production, while significantly reducing carbon emissions resulting from the use of diesel, thereby achieving the sustainable development goals of the government’s 2024-2029 program.