00:00 On a wet day in the Illawarra, the designers of the hydrogen truck say it's the perfect
00:05 opportunity to introduce the vehicle that produces only vapour as waste.
00:10 Waste and recycling company Ramondus commissioned Heizon Motors to create the vehicle for use
00:16 in Wollongong and Shell Harbour.
00:18 The location was specifically selected because of the recently opened hydrogen refuelling
00:23 station in Port Kembla.
00:25 The vehicle will run in the suburban streets of the community and be about 60% quieter
00:30 than a diesel engine.
00:32 It will also save about 25,000 litres of fuel a year.
00:38 So it's an important day for us, very exciting.
00:40 Australia's first zero emission hydrogen powered truck, garbage truck.
00:46 It's a great day for the Illawarra.
00:47 So this truck's designed to do the same as every other garbage truck but with zero emissions.
00:53 Wollongong Council says it's also excited to see it as a step in meeting its 2030 net
01:00 zero commitment.
01:01 It's only one step but it is part of a bigger process and that is addressing transport and
01:08 more specifically trucks such as this which use up a lot of diesel, transferring that
01:14 over to hydrogen.
01:15 Even though it is grey hydrogen, it's part of the process again of making and working
01:21 towards green hydrogen and now having the core gas facility at Port Kembla making hydrogen,
01:28 well we've got the fuel, we've got the technology in the truck and now it's being applied to
01:33 waste management and more specifically picking up the bins.
01:36 Hyzon says it's also working with several other users in the heavy freight industry
01:41 to roll out similar trucks across the next year.
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