Happy Thursday!
We blogged back
in April of 2023 in regard to the Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Initiative which
are a group of Hydrogen Corridor Projects; two of the started projects are GTO
Energy’s Houston to Los Angeles corridor (H2LA) and CALSTART’s East Coast Commercial
ZEV corridor well it appears there may be one more hydrogen fueled vehicle for use
on them.
Did anyone
happen to read the newsletter from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE)
Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell
Technologies Office on December 17, 2024, their article titled, “Hydrogen-Powered
Heavy-Duty Truck Establishes New Threshold by Traveling 1,800 Miles on a Single
Fill”? In the article, it speaks about a
milestone which has been attained by a U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) partially funded project where Accelera by Cummins’ model
“H2Rescue” a heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell electric truck travelled 1,806 miles
in normal daily traffic on one fill-up of hydrogen, in addition it released zero
carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The
truck is now in the Guinness World Record in a new division as of its November
trip. Accelera’s H2Rescue truck has
a Cummins Accelera fuel cell engine and a 250-kilowatt traction motor,
and its hydrogen tank had 175 kilograms (kg), and the trip didn’t empty the
tank. The no carbon emissions are a big
accomplishment because a normal internal combustion engine releases 664 pounds
of CO2 emissions in standard 1,800-mile trip this reduction means a heavy-duty
rescue truck can reduce its carbon footprint 2.5 metric tons a year and reduce
its fuel consumption of over 1,800 gallons. This government-private funded project shows
what happens when private and public entities work together to attain more
environmentally friendly product. We
congratulate Accelera and the DOE on its accomplishment, and we
hope we see more American innovations for hydrogen use soon! If you would like to read more of the Hydrogen
and Fuel Cell Technology Office’s Newsletter, please click the link: Hydrogen-Powered Heavy-Duty Truck Establishes New Threshold by Traveling 1,800 Miles on a SingleFill | Department of Energy.
If you would
like to hear the whole story from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and
Development Center on Accelera’s H2Rescue Truck, please click the link: ERDC’s
H2Rescue truck drives into GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Books > Engineer Research
and Development Center > News Stories.
If you would
like help in looking into how to transport your product efficiently, safely, and
with less of a carbon footprint, contact us via email in the Blog and check out
our ESC website!
We hope you have a wonderful evening and a great rest of
your week!
**Disclaimer: Please see the DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell
Technologies Office for details. **