Green hydrogen will decarbonize heavy duty trucks in the US, as demonstrated by a first-of-its-kind fuel cell electric garbage truck trial in the US and Canada.
The green hydrogen angle has posed a chicken-and-egg dilemma for fuel cell vehicle advocates. With very few fuel cells on the road, the incentive to produce green hydrogen and construct fueling stations is very low.
“Hyzon’s high-performance hydrogen fuel cell systems have been shown to provide consistent power over an expected range of at least 125 miles, including at least 1,200 cart lifts, along with trips to transfer stations,” Hyzon explained in a press statement. “All three companies look to show that the New Way-Hyzon hydrogen fuel-cell refuse collection vehicle is overcoming some of the inherent challenges identified with other zero-emission technologies, such as range issues, fluctuations in operating temperatures, and payload limitations,” Hyzon explains.
With all those dollars in hand ARCHES plans to establish 60 fueling stations for vehicles in classes 6-8 along with 165 miles of open-access pipelines for green hydrogen producers. The ultimate goal is to produce and distribute enough green hydrogen for the new Hyzon-New Way fuel cell truck and 4,999 more trucks, to boot., ARCHES is also targeting 1,000 diesel buses, a sprawling collection of cargo equipment at three major seaports, and a number of stationary fuel cells.