Publications
Read more about the reports and findings on hydrogen-powered trucks
D2.5 HRS Best Practice Report
This report explores lessons learnt and best practices for heavy-duty hydrogen refuelling station (HRS) deployment. This report was compiled by ERM (formerly Element Energy) based on inputs (written correspondence and interviews with stakeholders involved in the delivery of the funded HRS) from the HRS deployment partners: Air Liquide, H2 Energy, Colruyt Group and BMW (with support from their infrastructure supplier Total). Additional information and useful recommendations for H2Haul have been taken from other related hydrogen mobility projects. Following an overview of the H2Haul project (section 1.2), the remainder of the document is structured as follows:
HRS installation process – an overview of the typical steps needed to install hydrogen refuelling stations (with specifics for trucks).
Site overview – an overview of the sites constructed under the H2Haul funding programme.
Best practice recommendations – recommended actions for each of the seven main steps in planning, installing, and operating hydrogen refuelling stations.
White Paper: What are the prospects for hydrogen-powered heavy goods vehicles for freight transport?
This document, prepared by France Hydrogène, is intended to inform stakeholders (shippers, transporters, logisticians, etc.) wishing to get involved or already working on the topic of hydrogen-electric trucks for goods transport. It is structured in the form of a list of questions and answers organised according to the main themes of the subject, with a view to providing information on the various issues inherent in the implementation of a project for the deployment of hydrogen-electric trucks
Study on fuel cell hydrogen trucks
A new independent Study on Fuel Cells Hydrogen Trucks commissioned by Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking and conducted by Roland Berger was released on 15 December 2020. The study provides an in-depth analysis of the market potential of heavy-duty fuel cells underpinned with concrete case studies.
Path to Hydrogen Competitiveness a cost perspective
This latest Hydrogen Council report (Jan 2020) shows that the cost of hydrogen solutions will fall sharply within the next decade – and sooner than previously expected. As scale up of hydrogen production, distribution, equipment and component manufacturing continues, cost is projected to decrease by up to 50% by 2030 for a wide range of applications, including trucks, making hydrogen competitive with other low-carbon alternatives and, in some cases, with conventional options.
The Future of Hydrogen
The International Energy Agency (IEA) report, published in June 2019, finds that clean hydrogen is currently enjoying unprecedented political and business momentum, with the number of policies and projects around the world expanding rapidly. It concludes that now is the time to scale up technologies and bring down costs to allow hydrogen to become widely used.
Hydrogen Roadmap Europe
Hydrogen is an essential element in the energy transition and can account for 24% of final energy demand and 5.4m jobs by 2050, says the study by the FCH JU, “Hydrogen Roadmap Europe: A sustainable pathway for the European Energy Transition“ published in February 2019. Developed with input from 17 leading European industrial actors, the study lays out a pathway for the large-scale deployment of hydrogen and fuel cells until 2050 and quantifies the associated socio-economic impacts.