Duncan Wanblad, Chief Executive of Anglo American, said, “With diesel emissions from our haul truck fleet accounting for 10-15 percent of our total Scope 1 emissions, this is an important step on our pathway to carbon-neutral operations by 2040. If this pilot is successful, we could remove up to 80 percent of diesel emissions at our open-pit mines by rolling this technology across our global fleet.
For the project, Anglo American has worked with some of the leading creative engineering and technology companies, such as ENGIE, First Mode, Ballard, and NPROXX. The 2 megawatt hydrogen-battery hybrid truck generates more power than its diesel predecessor, which consumes 35.3 gallons of diesel per hour with a payload capacity of around 220 metric tons, and is capable of carrying a 320-ton payload.
The truck has a 1.2 MWh battery pack, and the haul truck system uses multiple fuel cells, which deliver up to 800kW of power, combining to provide a total of 2MW of capacity. The haul truck is also the world’s lightest 510t truck. The company will also build a hydrogen production, storage, and refueling complex at Mogalakwena that incorporates the largest electrolyzer in Africa andBattery-powered electric vehicles are incredibly efficient and can boast a well-to-wheel efficiency of around 70 to 80 percent. A hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric vehicle is positively frugal, with an overall efficiency of about 30 to 35 percent.
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