As companies seek to decarbonize their truck fleets, Ryze Hydrogen says that hydrogen combustion engines are the way to go– they are cleaner than diesel and they also make more economic sense, according to the company. Many companies today are looking at fuel cells in order to be able to use H2 as a clean fuel, but there is a growing movement toward the use of hydrogen combustion engines.
Cummins and Westpoint are cited as examples, with Cummins having unveiled a medium-duty concept truck using an H2-fueled internal combustion engine (ICE), which drew substantial attention in Germany at the IAA Transportation exhibition. Similarly, Westport Fuel Systems also unveiled its own HPDI hydrogen ICE engine for heavy duty vehicles earlier in September
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PSR Analysis: With diesel engine architecture and engine manufacturing infrastructure already in place, this could have cost savings as the technology used by ICE is already familiar to engineers and mechanics worldwide, but the question about H2 supply, still remains. Currently, there are encouraging levels of H2 production and infrastructure investment. For example hydrogen technologies specialist AFC Energy has partnered with Spanish contractor Acciona, on the development of a hydrogen fuel cell technology, to provide H2 to a construction site in Spain. Operations began at the road construction site, located north of Cadiz in mid-August. PSR
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