Sustainable Heavy-Duty Transport
from an Energy System Perspective

FREE WEBINAR

August 4, 2022, 16:00 CEST

Battery electric and hydrogen powertrains are both effective solutions to de-carbonize heavy duty transport. In a recent study carried out by Shell and Hamburg University of Technology, efficiency and cost of the energy carrier supply chain were compared. The following energy-carrier-powertrain options were investigated: battery electric, gaseous hydrogen and liquid hydrogen with fuel cell and ICE as powertrain. The diesel powertrain was used as the reference case.
 
The webinar gives a holistic overview well-to-wheel overview including the production and distribution of the energy carrier to the nozzle and the use on the truck.
 
The study also considers constraints from the energy system perspective, i.e. the need for seasonal energy storage and molecular energy imports into Europe. If hydrogen in the future needs to be imported into Europe at scale, is it better to reconvert into electricity and power battery electric trucks or should hydrogen be used directly in a FCEV or ICE powertrain of the truck? The answer is: both technologies will be needed in the future: battery electric trucks and hydrogen trucks. It depends on the needed share of hydrogen re-conversion to power and it depends on the use case of the truck application.


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Dr. Karsten Wilbrand has been active in the fields of sustainable energy systems and sustainable mobility for more than three decades. During this time, he has published numerous papers and has given many presentations on energy and mobility topics as well as on hydrogen.
He joined Shell in 2003 and assumed various technical and managerial roles. Since 2020 he looks after alternative fuels and future mobility as Shell's Senior Principal Scientist.

  • Webinar participants will learn about battery electric and hydrogen electric trucks as options to decarbonize the transport sector.

  • How can green electrons and/or green hydrogen be provided?

  • What about energy storage and imports?

  • How relevant is efficiency?

  • Dr. Karsten Wilbrand

    Shell | Senior Principal Scientist

  • Silke Frank

    Hydrogen Moves GmbH | CEO

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