Friesland Campina introduce 50 Tonne Hydrogen Powered Milk truck

By DairyNews7x7•Published on July 16, 2021

Friesland Campina has announced that it has introduced its first 50-tonne; hydrogen-powered milk truck in a bid to make transportation more sustainable.

Over the last decade, the Dutch dairy group reduced CO2-emissions-per-kilometre of transport between farms and production locations by 18.1%.

It was achieved through various initiatives, including electric pumping when loading the milk at the farm; the use of green electricity generated by member dairy farmers, and solar cells on the milk trucks.

Hydrogen-Powered Milk Trucks

Presently, only the Groningen region in the Netherlands has the infrastructure to support the operation of hydrogen milk trucks, the company added.

FrieslandCampina is exploring possibilities to extend it to other parts of the country to accelerate the use of hydrogen in transport.

Hans Wieleman, manager of milk logistics at FrieslandCampina, stated, “We keep challenging and improving ourselves step by step. Over five years ago, FrieslandCampina started using liquid natural gas (LNG) as a cleaner fuel for the milk trucks. They – successfully – stimulated filling stations all over the Netherlands to supply this type of fuel.

“Now we try to do the same with hydrogen in close cooperation with producer Hyzon and carrier Transport Groep Noord. Transport is and will remain important to further increase the sustainability at FrieslandCampina. We want to minimise the environmental impact of our milk trucks together with the parties involved.”