‘HyHAUL’ hydrogen project scrapped – RHA reaction

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12:00 Tue 16th Dec 2025 | Posted By UKHAULIER

7 hours ago

Richard Smith, RHA Managing Director, said: "We are concerned to hear that a project to increase hydrogen refuelling capacity along the M4 corridor ahead of wider roll out has been discontinued. "HyHAUL was set to deploy up to 30 hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks, supported by dedicated fleet hydrogen transport systems and three refuelling stations.

It would have laid the foundation for a UK-wide network through the ZEHID programme and benefitted hard-to-decarbonise operations such as long distance and heavy haulage. It's important that we understand the reasons why it has been discontinued. "Its closure is a set-back to our sector's efforts to step up decarbonisation when costs and a lack of infrastructure generally for zero-emission HGVs continue to hold back transition.

If the sale of new diesel HGV phase out dates are to be met we need options to decarbonise that cater for all use cases.

We remain committed to working with government, industry and stakeholders on solutions that will incentivise and ease the uptake of cleaner vehicles."