{"id":266796,"date":"2023-07-11T15:11:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T13:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=266796"},"modified":"2023-07-11T15:12:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T13:12:01","slug":"more-hydrogen-hype-as-new-british-truck-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=266796","title":{"rendered":"More hydrogen hype as new British truck\u00a0unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Tallbloke’s Talkshop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 8, 2023 by\u00a0oldbrew<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Credit: Scottish Power<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Could a truck that\u2019s powered by hydrogen and only emits water help in the climate change fight?\u2019 \u2013\u00a0asks Sky News<\/a>. Two problems there \u2013 \u2018only emits water\u2019 doesn\u2019t tell the whole story as unwelcome\u00a0nitrogen oxide comes into play<\/a>, and \u2018climate change fight\u2019 belongs to mythology. Another difficulty (quote): \u2018hydrogen still has problems as a power source. Making it from green electricity is currently expensive and far less energy efficient than plugging a battery into a charging point.\u2019 Also (quote): \u2018a switch to hydrogen would need 35.6GW of electricity to make it\u2019 \u2013 over three times more than needed for comparable battery charging, according to the report.<\/em>
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Summary:<\/em>\u00a0The vehicle can be fuelled up with hydrogen in just 15 minutes and gives drivers 600 miles of range, the company behind it says, with the gas being stored in high pressure tanks designed to withstand impact.
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British trials have started of a heavyweight truck powered by a gas that\u2019s lighter than air \u2013 and emits nothing but water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sky News was given exclusive access to the first British designed and built heavy goods vehicle (HGV) to be fuelled by hydrogen as it was driven around the Horiba Mira test track in Warwickshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Scottish manufacturers, HVS, say the truck could help decarbonise the road freight industry, which produces more than 21 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year in the UK alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jawad Khursheed, the dentist-turned-entrepreneur who started the company, said: \u201cIt has the exact same feel of a diesel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHGV drivers generally drive up to four hours and then take a break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn 15-20 minutes they can refuel with hydrogen, and it\u2019s good to go for another 600km.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truck stores hydrogen under high pressure in tanks that are designed to withstand impact. The gas is converted by a fuel cell into electricity, which then drives the wheels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A battery that delivers similar range would weigh several tonnes, reducing the amount of freight that can be carried. And it would currently take several hours to recharge, significant downtime for fleet operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macky Arthur, the prototype\u2019s test driver, told Sky News: \u201cYou don\u2019t have the roar of a diesel vehicle, you don\u2019t have the fumes of a diesel vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a nice place to live and work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But hydrogen still has problems as a power source. Making it from green electricity is currently expensive and far less energy efficient than plugging a battery into a charging point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continued\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Power Engineering\u00a0says<\/a>: \u2018minimizing NOx emissions will remain a concern in the coming era of H2\u2013 and NH3-based combustion systems.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Could a truck that\u2019s powered by hydrogen and only emits water help in the climate change fight?\u2019 \u2013\u00a0asks Sky News. Two problems there \u2013 \u2018only emits water\u2019 doesn\u2019t tell the whole story as unwelcome\u00a0nitrogen oxide comes into play, and \u2018climate change fight\u2019 belongs to mythology. Another difficulty (quote): \u2018hydrogen still has problems as a power source. Making it from green electricity is currently expensive and far less energy efficient than plugging a battery into a charging point.\u2019 Also (quote): \u2018a switch to hydrogen would need 35.6GW of electricity to make it\u2019 \u2013 over three times more than needed for comparable battery charging, according to the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":266805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818056,691818076,691820985,691818154,691820986],"class_list":{"0":"post-266796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-change","9":"tag-co2","10":"tag-hydrogen-hype","11":"tag-net-zero","12":"tag-new-british-truck","14":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0hydrogen-truck.webp?fit=1600%2C1067&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-17pa","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":372456,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=372456","url_meta":{"origin":266796,"position":0},"title":"The Myth of a Hydrogen Economy","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"28\/03\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"S.L. 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