By Anna Ellis • Updated: 23 Feb 2023 • 13:29
World’s first digger powered by hydrogen combustion engine soon on UK roads. Image: UK government / Department of Transport.
The UK government has given special dispensation, under a vehicle special order, that allows JCB, the British construction equipment manufacturer, to test and use its world-first hydrogen-powered backhoe loader on UK roads.
With 25 per cent of the UK’s total greenhouse gas emissions coming from the built environment, it’s vital the entire construction industry looks to decarbonise at every stage.
Technology and Decarbonisation Minister, Jesse Norman, said: “From cars to construction sites, the industry has a vital role in decarbonising our economy and creating green jobs and prosperity.”
JCB Chairman Lord Bamford confirmed: “Securing this vehicle special order from the Department for Transport is an important first step in getting JCB machines that are powered by hydrogen combustion engines to and from British building sites using the public highway.”
“It’s an endorsement that JCB is on the right path in pursuit of its net zero ambitions.”
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Originally from Derbyshire, Anna has lived in the middle of nowhere on the Costa Blanca for 19 years. She is passionate about her animal family including four dogs and four horses, musicals and cooking.
Is this a world first in our industry, a digger with a purpose-engineered internal combustion engine that uses hydrogen gas as the energy source…
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Hey @Steven Thomson @Joe Ricotta Where Are You From????
@Joe Ricotta @Steven Thomson Have you ever seen a hydrogen powered vehicle??
My Friend has a Hydrogen Car Whose Named Toyota Mirai..
WOW awesome, hydrogen fuel is much more efficient than gasoline, but it’s also more expensive… BRO.
yeaahh bro it’s really awesome, Mirai is a looking lovely sleek, luxurious sedan..
TOYOTA MIRAI generates power by combining hydrogen with oxygen from outside air. At the core of MIRAI, hydrogen from the fuel tank and air entering from the intake grille meet in the fuel cell stack. there, a chemical reaction involving the oxygen in the air and hydrogen creates electricity-powering MIRAI.
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