The Anonymous Widower

Aberdeen Unveils UK’s First Green Hydrogen Waste Truck

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on renews.biz.

These are the first three paragraphs.

The UK’s first green hydrogen-fuelled waste collection vehicle has been unveiled in Aberdeen.

While typical waste trucks are powered by diesel and petrol, the new vehicle will use green hydrogen from existing refuelling infrastructure in Aberdeen.

The truck will start collecting waste and recycling around the city from early March and will be the first hydrogen-powered waste truck to become operational in the UK.

I feel, that this is one of the obvious applications for hydrogen trucks.

• They return to the same depot at the end of the day and if the hydrogen refuelling station is nearby or at the depot, refuelling would be no more hassle than with diesel.
• The trucks are probably too large for battery power.
• They tend to work a lot in areas, where there are a lot of people about, like residential streets and shopping centres.
• Workers will be exposed to less pollution, as they bring bins to the trucks.

Aberdeen Council have provided this video.

I can see lots of Councils at least thinking of following Aberdeen’s example, when they renew their refuse trucks.

Incidentally, I may be only 74, but I can still remember the horse-drawn waste carts that Wood Green Council used to use in the 1950s. They were used around Wood Green town centre, where trailers were parked to receive rubbish from shops and businesses. Horses were used to move them about and to the depot. In the end they horses were replaced by Scammel Mechanical Horses.

February 18, 2022 - Posted by AnonW | Hydrogen | Aberdeen, Decarbonisation, Horses, Hydrogen-Powered Trucks, Recycling, Wood Green