Pure Hydrogen hands off first hydrogen powered rubbish truck to Victoria

Pure Hydrogen (ASX:PH2) has handed off its first hydrogen-fuelled rubbish truck (in their parlance, a “rear loader”) to private Solo Resource Recovery.

Notably, the company has already received an Australia Design Rule *(ADR) approval for this type of truck, which means it doesn’t need to seek approval to register any new vehicles of this type.

An open day thrown by SRR was attended by several Victoria-based local government representatives, according to Pure – guess where it unveiled the truck – and hydrogen-powered fleets still hold currency in the minds of attendees.

Only a few years ago, many councils (mostly East coast-based) started looking into hydrogen-powered buses and other fleets to edge down emissions loads. To date, momentum there remains hampered after hydrogen kind of just fell off during the COVID-19 pandemic.

At any rate, Pure’s hydrogen-fuelled rubbish truck will launch in Victoria but then will initially operate in West Torrens, Adelaide. “The handover is a key achievement in Pure Hydrogen’s ongoing vehicle rollout strategy to promote sustainable waste management and reduce carbon emissions,” Pure wrote on Thursday.

“The delivery of the hydrogen fuel cell waste collection truck is another important step in our continued efforts to expand the adoption of zero-emission vehicles within Australia’s heavy transport industry,” Pure Hydrogen MD Scott Brown explained.

“The sale agreement with Solo follows an extensive period of collaboration, and we are proud to support the City of West Torrens in its commitment to sustainable energy solutions for waste management.”

PH2 last traded at 10cps.

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