Glasgow won’t buy H2 refuse trucks after all
The Scottish city of Glasgow wanted to purchase 19 hydrogen-powered refuse collection vehicles worth seven million pounds. But nothing came of it.
The supplier cancelled two corresponding purchase contracts due to difficulties with the technology and the costs, writes the portal GlasgowLive. It will probably take until after 2027 before enough green hydrogen is available.
The city now wants to use the money set aside for the H2 vehicles to buy a range of battery-electric and Euro 6 diesel vehicles. Glasgow already has 328 battery vehicles in its fleet, with the Nissan Leaf accounting for more than half (180). A battery-electric refuse collection vehicle is also in service.
However, the city council does not yet want to renounce hydrogen completely. Firstly, the fleet already has 20 diesel and hydrogen dual-fuel gritting vehicles. Secondly, the new fleet strategy until 2030 (which had to be changed to buy the diesel and electric refuse collection vehicles) states that they will “focus on fleet replacement with electric and Euro 6 compliant vehicles until the hydrogen market is more mature.”
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