CASE partnered with Cenex to deliver this report looking at the transition to zero-emission HGVs. The report was commissioned by the Energy group in DfE in 2022 and published in July 2023. The report is downloadable from here:
Transport Energy Research Project 3: Low Carbon Transition for HGVs
The analysis for the report looked at all potential forms of zero-emission technology including biodiesel, biomethane, green hydrogen and battery electric (BEV). At the time of writing there was considerable uncertainty about the technology and costs for both BEV and green hydrogen. More recent work by CASE and EPEC has shown that there has been very rapid advances in BEV technology and that green hydrogen is unlikely to be a major part of the future of HGVs in Northern Ireland because of the higher cost of both hydrogen HGVs and the green hydrogen fuel as well as difficult logistics for fuel supply compared to BEV HGVs.