The Tasmanian Transport Association (TTA) has today announced a collaboration with Australian renewable hydrogen project developer Countrywide Hydrogen.
The TTA said emissions reduction and resilience for the freight transport industry was high on its program of work, including a priority to develop a long-term transition plan for the industry.
The Collaboration Agreement, signed today at the TTA’s 2024 Tasmanian Transport Industry State Conference, facilitates working with Countrywide Hydrogen to ensure that alternative fuels are available at a price point competitive with diesel for Tasmanian road transport operators in the future.
“We acknowledge the importance of an achievable freight industry response to the pressures of decarbonisation and recognise the specific and unique challenges for freight transport operations in meeting the broader emissions reduction agenda,” TTA Chairman John de Bruyn said.
“This collaboration with Countrywide Hydrogen is part of our strategic objective to support our members to be engaged, well informed, and to help drive that agenda.
“TTA is the first Australian peak transport association to execute such an agreement complementing Tasmania being the first state to have a hydrogen highway.”
Countrywide Hydrogen Managing Director Geoff Drucker said that he was pleased to partner with the TTA to enable its tangible emissions reduction ambitions at a reasonable cost.
“The economic case for hydrogen for heavy transport is very clear. Today, hydrogen-powered trucks deliver similar or better performance than diesel in terms of power output, torque, payload, refuelling time, range, and whole-of-life operating costs, but with no emissions.”
“Thanks to the support from the Tasmanian Government, hydrogen is set to be cheaper than diesel and plans are well underway for a network of hydrogen production and refuelling hubs in Tasmania to realise the transition from diesel to zero-emission hydrogen,” he said.
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