ULEMCo, the hydrogen technology company, has gone on to announce the launch of HyConstruct, a collaborative CO2 reduction R&D project.
The project looks forward to highlighting the methods to decrease emissions from heavy-duty off-highway equipment that is used across the construction sites.
It is well to be noted that Plantforce, GeoPura, and BAM, as well as BRE, are going to work together to develop and demonstrate an advanced control system in order to increase the proportion of energy that happens to be coming from the globally innovative hydrogen dual-fuel technology from the company and to speed up the decarbonization as far as the UK construction sector is concerned.
Apparently, this year-long CO2 reduction R&D project happens to be supported by funding coming from the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) through its Advanced Route to Market Demonstrator 4 (ARMD4) program.
HyConstruct, notably, is going to develop as well as showcase the control system, which is designed to substantially grow the hydrogen substitution rate when it comes to heavy machinery, and also make investment within the transition to low-carbon in construction more commercially viable.
It is also going to focus on the application of advanced control algorithms and AI so as to enable hydrogen consumption to get boosted to a level wherein the scale of use on-site further happens to improve the business case when it comes to wholesale plant upgrades and also be competitive with the diesel supply costs.
GeoPura, the hydrogen supply and logistics partner, is going to supply low-carbon hydrogen and off-grid refueling capability as well as zero-emission power for the project through its HPU technology, therefore helping with safe and practical usage of hydrogen-powered construction equipment and, at the same time, creating a commercial foundation in terms of large-scale hydrogen rollout within the sector.
Apparently, BRE is going to be responsible for learning capture along with sector dissemination. The project is going to further test the onsite refueling and hydrogen supply possibilities so as to ensure the whole-site feasibility when it comes to dual-fuel plant upgrades.
According to ULEMCo’s MD, Amanda Lyne, decarbonizing construction plants happens to be essential so as to support the net-zero goals of the UK, especially as the new energy infrastructure and construction investment get planned in order to drive the economic progress.
Converting the present equipment to go ahead and run on clean hydrogen goes on to point the way to saving carbon from such machines now and also saving the embedded emissions from the actual construction phase.
The Chief Business Development Officer at GeoPura, Alistair Gemmel, remarked that HyConstruct is indeed a major next step when it comes to developing technology that goes on to demonstrate that zero-carbon fuels can very well power heavy machinery without causing any sort of disruption to the productivity. Through supplying and managing hydrogen that is used on-site, GeoPura is helping the consortium prove how hydrogen can safely and efficiently be integrated into construction operations, which will at the end of the day bring the construction sector much closer to being commercially as well as environmentally sustainable.
