Billionaire Gautam Adani’s flagship company plans to develop a hydrogen fuel cell electric truck for mining logistics and transportation along with Ashok Leyland Ltd. and Canada’s Ballard Power Systems.
“This collaboration marks Asia’s first planned hydrogen powered mining truck,” Adani Enterprises Ltd. said in a statement. “The demonstration project will be led by AEL, a company focused on both mining operations and developing green hydrogen projects for sourcing, transporting, and building out hydrogen refueling infrastructure.”
Ballard will supply the FCmove fuel cell engine for the hydrogen truck and Ashok Leyland will provide the vehicle platform and technical support. The vehicle is scheduled be launched in India this year.
The hydrogen-powered mining truck will weigh 55 tonnes, have three hydrogen tanks, a 200-kilometre working range, and powered by Ballard’s 120 kW PEM fuel cell technology, according to the statement.
The plan for fuel cell electric truck ties with the group’s objective to build an ecosystem of green energy. The conglomerate owned by Gautam Adani, the world’s third richest person, has already announced plans to invest more than $50 billion over the next 10 years in green hydrogen and associated ecosystems.