→ solar park, where construction
in some cases, deployed electric
is currently underway. During
vehicles, including the City of
a successful trial held by the
London, who are the first in the
council in October 2021, the
UK to have replaced their fleet
refuse collection workers were
entirely.
able to carry out a full day’s work on a single charge. Furthermore, the new Marsh Barton solar site will produce 1.2MW of energy once complete, paving the way for Exeter to become increasingly less reliant on fossil fuels.
Aberdeen City Council is adopting a new hydrogenpowered RCV, set to be the UK’s first RCV with a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain. It is part of the HECTOR project by Interreg North-West Europe, where
Eco-friendly RCV adoption
hydrogen waste collection
is expanding, as Cambridge
vehicles have been deployed
City Council has shared plans
in seven sites across multiple
to replace all their current 55
countries. According to
diesel vehicles with hydrogen or
Interreg, the project is hoped
electric-powered machines by
to demonstrate that “fuel cell
2028. Manchester City Council
garbage trucks provide an
has also invested £10 million
effective solution to reduce
into 27 new electric RCVs.
emissions from road transport”.
Multiple other councils around
Aberdeen City Council combined
the country have trialled and,
a 250kW Hyzon Electric Motor
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CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL HAS SHARED PLANS TO REPLACE ALL THEIR CURRENT 55 DIESEL VEHICLES WITH HYDROGEN OR ELECTRICPOWERED MACHINES BY 2028" with an Allison 3000 Series transmission alongside a 45kW fuel cell, allowing the vehicle to travel up to 155 miles (250km) – considerably more than a standard electric RCV. Aberdeen is continuously →