A new hydrogen fuel truck is being tested by the mining industry in hopes of helping to decarbonize activities that have been exceptionally challenging to mitigate. The mining industry contributes 7% of the world’s total carbon emissions per year, (according to McKinsey). This represents more than twice the carbon emissions from the global shipping industry, for example.
The hydrogen-powered vehicle is meant to replace typical mining haul vehicles, which pollute heavily.
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PSR Analysis: The mining industry is taking significant steps toward reducing carbon emissions with the introduction of hybrid-electric, electric, and hybrid-fuel cell vehicles, and this is another step towards this goal. Haul trucks contribute approximately half of all mining carbon emissions (or about 3.5% of global emissions), and trucks of this size can use 0.9 million liters of diesel a year, so some significant savings can be made. PSR
Guy Youngs is Forecast & Adoption Lead at Power Systems Research
