HECTOR project – Hydrogen Waste Collection Vehicles in North West Europe – will deploy and test 7 fuel cell garbage trucks, in 7 pilot sites in north west Europe.
The HECTOR project – Hydrogen Waste Collection Vehicles in North West Europe – will deploy and test 7 fuel cell garbage trucks, in 7 pilot sites across the north west Europe area:
- Aberdeen (Scotland),
- Groningen (Netherlands),
- Arnhem (Netherlands),
- Duisburg (Germany),
- Herten (Germany),
- Touraine Vallee de l’Indre (France),
- Brussels (Belgium).
The aim of the HECTOR Project is to demonstrate that fuel cell garbage trucks provide an effective solution to reduce emissions from road transport in the North West Europe area.
The 7 pilot sites will cover a wide range of operational contexts. While some of the trucks will be operated in city centres, others will be tested in rural areas. Some of the vehicles will collect municipal waste on a fixed schedule, other will collect industrial waste on a flexible schedule.
The trucks deployed in the project will range from container trucks to front arm loading trucks, both left- and right-hand drive.
The project is aiming to test the vehicles in normal operating conditions. The trucks will use existing hydrogen refuelling infrastructure and when possible, the pilot sites will use green hydrogen to fuel the trucks, thus maximising the emission reductions.
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Project Summary, June 2, 2022
