(Bremen) – The Institute of Maritime Economics and Logistics (ISL) has started a project called “H2Cool Prelude” to research the conversion of diesel-powered trucks to hydrogen and fuel cell technology. The focus is on refrigerated vans. “Many aspects that are essential for the development and successful implementation of hydrogen technology in deep-freeze transport” will be examined. The results of H2Cool Prelude will then be put into practice by converting a refrigerated truck.
“The use of fuel cell and hydrogen technology for deep-freeze transport is an extremely innovative research approach,” which at the same time has particularly high potential, says ISL project manager Nils Meyer-Larsen. “Supplying the cooling unit with power from the tractor’s fuel cell and operating the cooling unit autonomously using hydrogen while the trailer is parked also help to comprehensively avoid environmentally harmful emissions.”
The consortium responsible for the task consists of the research institutes ISL and Bremerhaven University, the company Akquinet Port Consulting GmbH and the association H2BX - Hydrogen for the Bremerhaven Region eV. As part of the project, the forwarding company Brussels & Maass Logistik GmbH and the frozen food group Frosta AG as well The company Clean Logistics was involved, which converts trucks to climate-friendly hydrogen hybrid drives.
The project is funded in the Applied Environmental Research (AUF) program of the Bremen Senator for Climate Protection, Environment, Mobility, Urban Development and Housing with funds from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
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“H2Cool Prelude” is intended to examine the possibilities of converting existing trucks to climate-friendly hydrogen hybrid drives. / © Brussels & Maass Logistik GmbH
