The world’s biggest hydrogen-powered truck is operating in South Africa. Here’s how it works.
Four years ago, Anglo American Plc couldn’t find any industry partners to support its idea of replacing open-pit mining’s monster diesel trucks with climate-friendly, green hydrogen-fueled vehicles.
Replacing the mine haul trucks with hydrogen-fueled ones would slash emissions at Anglo’s open-pit mines by 80%, a key step in reaching the company’s target of carbon neutrality by 2040. An electrolyser uses energy from the sun to split water and create hydrogen. Anglo enlisted the help of technology and hydrogen companies, including Engie SA, First Mode Holdings Inc., Ballard Power Systems Inc. and NPROXX BV.
There is still lots of work to be done to reduce the cost to convert existing diesel trucks to hydrogen. O’Neill said the company has spent tens of millions to launch its prototype.
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