HECTOR Operational Handbook
Posted onThe purpose of this document is to help fleet operators to specify, procure and deploy their first fuel cell waste trucks by sharing the experience and learnings from the HECTOR project. Read More
Project Summary
The HECTOR project – Hydrogen Waste Collection Vehicles in North West Europe – will deploy and test 7 fuel cell garbage trucks, in 7 pilot sites across the north west Europe area:
- Aberdeen (Scotland),
- Groningen (Netherlands),
- Arnhem (Netherlands),
- Duisburg (Germany),
- Herten (Germany),
- Touraine Vallee de l’Indre (France),
- Brussels (Belgium).
The aim of the HECTOR Project is to demonstrate that fuel cell garbage trucks provide an effective solution to reduce emissions from road transport in the North West Europe area.
The 7 pilot sites will cover a wide range of operational contexts. While some of the trucks will be operated in city centres, others will be tested in rural areas. Some of the vehicles will collect municipal waste on a fixed schedule, other will collect industrial waste on a flexible schedule. The trucks deployed in the project will range from container trucks to front arm loading trucks, both left- and right-hand drive.
The project aims to test the vehicles in normal operating conditions. The trucks will use existing hydrogen refuelling infrastructure and when possible, the pilot sites will use green hydrogen to fuel the trucks, thus maximising the emission reductions.
Why is the HECTOR Project needed ?
The effects of high levels of GHG emissions from the transport sector on health and quality of life are now widely recognised. Decarbonisation of road transport has therefore become a major topic for cities and regions, which are developing and implementing ambitious emission reduction policies.
Garbage trucks are directly procured by local authorities or waste management authorities; the public sector can therefore have
a direct influence on the purchase of these vehicles and the decarbonisation of garbage trucks fleets.
Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), using hydrogen as a fuel, are one of the solutions which enable a complete decarbonisation of
the transport system well to wheel. However, they remain a costly option and only a few zero emission garbage trucks have
been deployed and developed in Europe.
Expected results
The HECTOR project is designed to enable a smooth introduction of a zero-emission technology in conventional fuels fleets. It will therefore lay the grounds for upscaling and further deployment of fuel cell garbage trucks in these fleets in the near future. Each deployment site
will aim to continue the operation of the trucks after the end of the project and to gradually replace conventional fuel trucks by
fuel cell trucks.
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Project meeting in Aberdeen -30th of September 2019
Posted on 30-09-2019
The project partners gathered on the the 30th of September in Aberdeen to present the progress of the work packages and the first results of the project. Since all partners have la... Read more
Project partner Touraine Vallée de l’Indre opens Hydrogen fuelling station
Posted on 24-09-2019
This Saturday the 21st of September 2019, our project partner Communauté de Communes Touraine Vallée de l’Indre opened their first Hydrogen refuelling station in Sorigny. The new s... Read more
Project Partners
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Aberdeen City Council
Marischal College Broad Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1AQ
United Kingdom -
Municipality of Groningen
1 Grote Markt
Groningen
9712 HN
Netherlands -
PreZero Disposal, Recycle and Dual System
10 Mr. E.N. van Kleffensstraat
Arnhem
6842 CV
Netherlands -
Publicly owned venture of the municipality of Duisburg
190 Schifferstraße
Duisburg
47059
Germany -
ARP-GAN
12 Avenue de Broqueville
Brussels
1150
Belgium -
Touraine Vallee de l'Indre Municipalities
6 Place Antoine de St Exupéry
Sorigny
37250
France -
AGR Waste Management Services
11 Im Emscherbruch
Herten
45699
Germany -
HAN University of Applied Science
29 Ruitenberglaan
Arnhem
6826 CC
Netherlands
| Name | Contact Name | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City Council | Amy Perry | aperry@aberdeencity.gov.uk | United Kingdom |
| Municipality of Groningen | Jasper Tonen | Jasper.tonen@groningen.nl | Netherlands |
| PreZero Disposal, Recycle and Dual System | Edwin Kramer | edwin.kramer@prezero.com | Netherlands |
| Publicly owned venture of the municipality of Duisburg | Mirco Wagner | m.wagner@wb-duisburg.de | Germany |
| ARP-GAN | Andre Dewilde | andre.dewilde@bruxelles-proprete.be | Belgium |
| Touraine Vallee de l'Indre Municipalities | Aurelie Michel | aurelie.michel@tourainevalleedelindre.fr | France |
| AGR Waste Management Services | Frank Aulkemeyer | Frank.Aulkemeyer@agr.de | Germany |
| HAN University of Applied Science | Bram Veenhuizen | bram.veenhuizen@han.nl | Netherlands |
News
HECTOR Data Analysis Report
Posted onHAN Automotive Research designed and carried out the research on the performance of the HECTOR project trucks in normal operating conditions as well as the social impact for the drivers. Read More
HECTOR Final Newsletter
Posted onThe Final Newsletter for the HECTOR project has been released. It highlights all the project activities that have taken place in the last few months leading up to the close of the project. Read More
HECTOR Final Conference
Posted onHECTOR partners gathered in Aberdeen on Wednesday 25th October for the Final Conference! Read More
Online Follower Group Workshop - 9.05.23
Posted onAs part of the Hector programme we have organised a workshop for the 9th of May 2023. The workshop looks to engage with organisations similar to us, so those LAs and organisations that have been following the programme with a view of potentially utilising H2 RCVs in the future. Hopefully you can make it. Read More
HECTOR NEWSLETTER No 3: Feb 23
Posted onRead all the latest updates from the HECTOR project in Newsletter No 3. Read More
PreZero Truck Launch
Posted onPreZero Nederland - specialist in waste and raw materials management - have launched their HECTOR hydrogen truck for the collection of waste in Arnhem on 8th September 2022! Read More
Aberdeen HECTOR Waste Truck Showcase at APSE Event
Posted onThe APSE seminar will take place on 17th- 20th May 2022 at the MacDonald Aviemore Highland Resort. The HECTOR truck will be showcased at the event. Speakers from Aberdeen City Council and Hyzon Motors will be in attendance. Read More
AGR Gruppe launches HECTOR truck into operation
Posted onOn Friday 13th May 2022, AGR, one of the first hydrogen-powered collection vehicles for commercial waste in Europe is currently starting its trial operation. Read More
Pre-Operations Preparation Manual is here!
Posted onLessons learned from the HECTOR partners during the pre-operation phase Read More
Events
Energie Agentur.NRW Annual Mobility Conference
, Hilton Hotel Dusseldorf Georg-Glock-Strasse 20, 40474 Dusseldorf
This year's annual conference on mobility of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen, Electromobility and Fuels and Drives of the Future networks of the EnergieAgentur.NRW will focus on commercial vehicles on land and at sea: electromobility with battery and fuel cell and associated infrastructures.
The HECTOR project will be presented during this event organised by EnergieAgentur NRW, one of HECTOR's associated partners.
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Time to move on ? Advancing zero-emission transport solutions
, 6 Rond-Point Robert Schuman, Scotland House, Brussels, Belgium
This workshop will discuss initiatives implemented or being developed, in European cities and regions, in order to support the uptake of zero emission mobility at the local level. Speakers will consider approaches undertaken for both light and heavy-duty vehicles, as well as cross-cutting issues.
HECTOR will be presented by HyER, the dissemination partner of the project. A panel discussion will address how progress could be accelerated.
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BuyZET Final Event
, Les Ateliers des Tanneurs - Rue des Tanneurs 60A, 1000 Bruxelles
During the BuyZET final event, HyER - the dissemination partner of HECTOR - will present the project and its approach to public procurement.
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Downloads
2019
2019/05/28 – Waste Management World – ‘HECTOR Project to Demonstrate Hydrogen Fuel Cell Refuse Collection Vehicles’ - by Ben Messenger
2019/05/30 – Fuel Cells Bulletin – ‘HECTOR Project to Demonstrate Fuel Cells in Garbage Trucks Fleets’
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1464285919301841
2019/05/30 - FuelCellsWorks – ‘HECTOR Project Launches to Demonstrate the Benefits of Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology to Decarbonise Garbage Truck Fleets’ - by FuelCellsWorks
2019/05/30 - Hydrogen Fuel news – ‘Hydrogen garbage trucks to be tested in North West Europe’
http://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/hydrogen-garbage-trucks-to-be-tested-in-north-west-europe/8537613/
2019/05/30 – Gasworld – ‘HECTOR project launches to deploy fuel cell garbage trucks’ – by Molly Burgess
https://www.gasworld.com/hector-project-launches-/2017264.article
2019/06/08 – Info Tours – ‘Sorigny va tester un camion poubelle à hydrogène’
2019/06/19 – Duurzaam Actueel – ‘Huisvuilwagen op waterstof in regio Arnhem Nijmegen’
https://duurzaam-actueel.nl/huisvuilwagen-op-waterstof-in-regio-arnhem-nijmegen/
2019/06/19 – Transport Milieu – ‘Regio Arnhem-Nijmegen krijgt Scania huisvuiltruck op waterstof’
2019/07/09 – RP Online – ‘WBD testen Brennstoffzellen-Müllwagen
2019/07/12 – Flottes Automobiles – ‘Mobilité hydrogène : les projets se concrétisent dans les territoires’ – by Manon Lamoureux
https://www.flotauto.com/mobilite-hydrogene-projets-territoires-20190712.html
2019/08/27 – EUWID Recycling und Entsorgung Nr 35.2019 – „AGR: Wasserstoffbetriebenes Sammelfahrzeug im jahr 2020“
2019/09/18 – Westdeutsche Allgemeine WAZ – “Muellwagen, die quasi mit Muell fahren“ – by Frank Bergmannshoff
2019/09/21 - Hydrogen Today – “Touraine Vallée de l’Indre inaugure sa station H2” - by Laurent Meillaud
https://hydrogentoday.info/news/5826
2019/11/10 – Haltner Zeitung – "Dieser LKW faehrt bald mit Wasserstoff durch die Region“ – Falko Bastos
2020
Duisburg was Germany's first municipality to use a hydrogen-powered waste truck.
2021
2022
AGR HECTOR Truck
Converted hydrogen fuel cell refuse vehicle on trial in Ruhr region a part of HECTOR
2023
European projects REVIVE and HECTOR pioneer the use of hydrogen refuse trucks in Groningen