The partnership between Pure Hydrogen and JJ’s Waste and Recycling begins later this year
Clean energy company Pure Hydrogen has reached an agreement to develop Australia’s first hydrogen-fuelled garbage truck.
Under a new agreement with JJ’s Waste and Recycling, Pure Hydrogen will supply a hydrogen fuel cell side-lift RCV truck to the domestic waste collection provider.
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A mock-up of what the proposed Pure Hydrogen truck will look like
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This arrangement will begin later in the year, with the first truck set to be based on the Gold Coast and work across the suburbs of southeast Queensland.
Pure Hydrogen will also supply JJ’s Waste and Recycling with green hydrogen made from waste-to-hydrogen along with a refuelling service unique to Pure Hydrogen.
The two companies will undertake a trial program with the first vehicle to determine how effective the partnering arrangement is going forward.
If the deployment is successful, it can benefit both companies, with JJ’s Waste having over 2,000 trucks in its fleet that could be replaced by environmentally friendly Pure Hydrogen trucks that require less maintenance as they reach their use by date.
The move to hydrogen could also be cleaner and more economical compared to using diesel, which is currently costing about $1.98 per litre based on current Brisbane terminal gate prices.
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“We believe this is the start of a new era for heavy commercial vehicles in Australia which will not only reduce fuel costs but be cleaner and greener for the Australian environment,” Pure Hydrogen managing director Scott Brown says.
“It will also reduce our reliance on imported diesel by replacing it with hydrogen made in Australia, we see the business case as very compelling and we are confident this trial will be a great success.”
JJ’s Waste national fleet manager says: “JJ’s Waste feel it is important to assist in the development of these technologies by partnering with companies such as Pure Hydrogen to conduct vehicle trials and we look forward to seeing the results later this year.”