In the past week I’ve been involved in an odd conflict with researchers at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). I’ve been trying to explain to them why their costing of electricity for hydrogen manufacturing makes absolutely no sense, and I haven’t been able to get through to them. It turns out I was giving them too much credit for understanding anything at all about electricity generation and distribution.
What’s been happening? Well, the ICCT released a major total cost of ownership report recently for heavy goods vehicles in Europe. Those are the big trucks that carry 35 tons of goods along the highways. It had three extraordinary claims that were clearly and obviously in error. The first claim was that manufacturing hydrogen at a refueling station from electricity and water would be cost competitive with diesel in 2030. The second claim was that the…
Read the full article originally published at cleantechnica.com.