(Hydrogen Digest) In Missouri, cold beer is being transported in hydrogen-powered zero-emission semi-trucks as Anheuser-Busch moves to more sustainable shipping. The company plans to buy up to 800 of Nikola Motor’s semi-trucks to meet its objectives of reducing CO2 emissions by 25% across its entire supply chain by 2025.
Why important? Deploying hydrogen, the powerful initial drivers will be fleets, who help create that initial market which support the broader deployments of refueling points.
“With that one planned purchase, Anheuser-Busch could decarbonize its entire group of trucks that move beer from its breweries to wholesalers and cut its carbon emissions from transportation by 18 percent in the process,” according to A’B’s Ingrid De Ryck. “The ultimate goal obviously is to move toward zero-emission vehicles wherever that is possible and use low-emission vehicles everywhere else. So as a company, we are one of the first companies that will get some zero-emission long-haul trucks in their fleet. And we are already transitioning part of our short-haul fleet to low emission fuels like CNG and [renewable natural gas].”
“In the U.S., transportation is the No. 1 generator of greenhouse gas emissions,” said De Ryck. “In our company, transportation accounts for 10 percent of our carbon footprint. So that is our focus now to make the biggest change there.”
Meanwhile in Italy, the Municipality and the Metropolitan City of Venice, Eni and Toyota signed an agreement to evaluate the construction of a hydrogen refueling station in the Municipality of Venice.
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“Hydrogen is a molecule that we already use in our activities,” said Giuseppe Ricci, Eni’s Chief Refining & Marketing Officer, “particularly in the bio refining cycle, where it is mainly used to remove oxygen from plant materials, waste cooking oils, animal fats and other waste we use to produce biofuels in Porto Marghera. “We have also started investing in studying technologies to produce hydrogen from solid urban waste and non-recyclable plastics, as well as mobility. The agreement signed today is an important milestone for a low carbon future. Hydrogen is an important part of Eni’s de-carbonization process to reduce climate-changing gas emissions. These hydrogen stations will allow Eni to strengthen its ability to offer low environmental impact fuels: In a network of 4,400 plants, 3,500 supply Eni Diesel +, the diesel fuel that contains the biofuel produced in the Venice biorefinery and another one in Gela, while around 200 plants supply methane (2 of which are LNG) and will soon supply bio-methane.” READ MORE
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