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Life ‘N Grab Hy! project presented at Hydrogen Transport Summit during the Hydrogen week in Aberdeen (16/3/2017)

During the UK Hydrogen Week, Stefan Neis (WaterstofNet -- coordinator of Life ‘N Grab-HY!) presented the project at the Hydrogen Transport Summit in Aberdeen.

A lot of interest was shown for the project concerned about “clean air, clean cities”. More and more European cities are closing their centres for diesel and fossil fuel vehicles, to reduces greenhouse gasses (GHG) and particulate matter.

Different stakeholders, present at the Summit, informed about the conditions and possibilities for being a demonstration site.

2nd Life ‘N Grab HY! Monitoring Meeting at E-Trucks in Lommel (Belgium) (9/3/2017)

In this 2nd monitoring meeting, the project consortium updated the LIFE project Monitor on the project status, the financial status and the progress on the build of the trucks. The project is at speed and all partners are working on a swift implementation of the vehicles.

The project consortium visited the E-Trucks workshop, where both vehicles are being converted at the moment, and was able to see the progress. Both vehicles are planned to be operational and ready for daily service in the Eindhoven area (NL) in June 2017.

In-person meetings with some phase 2 and phase 3 cities have already been organised and plans are made for operations throughout Europe.  

WaterstofNet visits H2 South Tyrol to discuss the Life N' Grab HY! demonstration of refuse collection vehicle in Bolzano

On the 28th of February WaterstofNet met the people from H2 South Tyrol and the local refuse collection company to discuss the demonstration of the projects' refuse collection vehicles in the City of Bolzano (Northern Italy). The city of Bolzano is very commited in reducing greenhouse gases, cleaning the air in the city and its' surrounding area and protecting the environment. 

Bolzano is located in the Unesco world heritage region of the Dolomites and therefore very engaged in new technologies and zero emmission mobility. H2 South Tyrol is a local organisation focussed on hydrogen and realised a hydrogen fuelingstation. This makes it, beside the large interest of the municipality, an ideal test location for the refuse collection vehicle and to measure the effects of zero emmission refuse collection is a mountainess area.

Fuel cells arrived (feb 2017)

Fuel cells arrived (feb 2017)

In the first week of February, earlier than expected, the Fuel Cells for both refuse collection vehicles arrived. The consortium partner Hydrogenics GmbH in Gladbeck (Germany) checked the fuel cells and the content of the delivery.

The Fuel Cells and system components were all included and therefore Hydrogenics send the Fuel Cells to E-Trucks Europe for integration into the vehicles.

Trucks arrive at E-trucks Europe (12/12/2016)

truck baetsen

Trucks arrive at E-trucks Europe (12/12/2016)

The trucks of both Baetsen (backloader) and CURE (sideloader) arrived at E-Trucks Europe in Lommel (B) to be converted to hydrogen-electric.

Both vehicles will first be stripped of their fossil fuel components, a battery electric driveline will be than built in, together with the hydrogen fuel cell, which will work as a range extender. This enables the vehicles to perform all day, without recharging and ensuring zero emission and  no pollution by particulate matter. 

LIFE presented at Interreg WaterstofRegio 2.0 congress in Antwerp (25/10/2016)

LIFE presented at Interreg WaterstofRegio 2.0 congress in Antwerp (25/10/2016)

The Life ‘N Grab HY!-project was presented at the WaterstofRegio 2.0 congress. The project, its aims and the status were highlighted. The congress was visited by participants from all over the BeNeLux area and Germany, resulting in additional requests for demonstrations with the refuse collection vehicles for phase 3 demonstrations.

Life ‘N Grab HY! 4th Consortium meeting at Baetsen in Veldhoven (7/10/2016)

Life ‘N Grab HY! 4th Consortium meeting at Baetsen in Veldhoven (7/10/2016)

During the 4th consortium meeting the progress on the build of the trucks and the overall status of the project was discussed. Later on the project consortium visited the site including the workshop that will be adapted to perform maintenance on the new hydrogen refuse collection vehicle.

The consortium is on speaking terms with other cities for demonstrations in 3rd phase and preparations with the first phase sites are ongoing. The Antwerp city waste management, is already involved in the planning for the operation within the city in the 2nd phase demonstration.

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