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Pioneering work in the quarry: Liebherr and STRABAG test hydrogen wheel loader
https://www.liebherr.com/en-us/n/pioneering-work-in-the-quarry-liebherr-and-strabag-test-hydrogen-wheel-loader-100608-3782185News | 10/10/2024
Pioneering work in the quarry: Liebherr and STRABAG test hydrogen wheel loader
Together with STRABAG, Liebherr is taking important steps towards a decarbonised construction site. In a project that recently started at the Kanzelstein quarry in Gratkorn, STRABAG is testing Liebherr’s large hydrogen-powered wheel loader over a period of two years. Energie Steiermark will supply green hydrogen for its own hydrogen filling station at the quarry. The L 566 H wheel loader is the world’s first large wheel loader with a hydrogen engine.
Leonore Gewessler (Minister for Climate Action), Clemens Haselsteiner (CEO of STRABAG), Martin Graf (Director of Energie Steiermark) and Jan Liebherr (Chairman of the Board of Directors of Liebherr-International AG) attended a special event at the Gratkorn quarry to mark the start of the project for the first test use of the large hydrogen powered wheel loader. In addition to technical presentations and a tour of the quarry, the hydrogen-powered wheel loader was demonstrated in operation. For the next two years, STRABAG will be testing the L 566 H prototype on a daily basis. A hydrogen filling station is being built to refuel the wheel loader directly at the quarry. The energy supplier Energie Steiermark will provide the green hydrogen required for this.
Leonore Gewessler – Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology – praised Liebherr’s exemplary commitment to reducing greenhouse and other harmful gases and its cooperation with STRABAG on testing hydrogen technology. “I am pleased to see innovative companies pushing ahead with pilot projects, especially in forms of mobility that are difficult to electrify, such as those in the construction sector,” says Gewessler. The cooperation with STRABAG, one of the foremost construction companies in Europe, shows what an important and positive development the Liebherr drive technology is. Liebherr is delighted to hear this appreciation and acknowledgement of the path that it has chosen.
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Pilot project for reducing emissions
With the pilot project, Liebherr and STRABAG are demonstrating how emissions can be reduced in a sector that is difficult to decarbonise by means of alternative fuels. Climate-neutral hydrogen produced with wind and water power or solar energy can be a key enabler for achieving the goal of climate neutrality set by Austria’s politicians. “Green hydrogen is an indispensable element of our future energy. As an important and valuable energy source, it helps replace fossil natural gas – especially in industry,” said climate action minister Gewessler. What makes the two-year test deployment at the Gratkorn quarry such a showcase project is, above all, the joint approach of Liebherr and STRABAG: two companies that are actively pushing decarbonisation forward.
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Pioneering work in the quarry: Liebherr and STRABAG test hydrogen wheel loader
- Cooperation between Liebherr and STRABAG for decarbonisation in the construction sector
- STRABAG is the first Liebherr customer to test the L 566 H hydrogen wheel loader
- Start of the first hydrogen pilot project between Liebherr and STRABAG
- Alternative drive technologies as a key element for reducing CO2 emissions
Together with STRABAG, Liebherr is taking important steps towards a decarbonised construction site. In a project that recently started at the Kanzelstein quarry in Gratkorn, STRABAG is testing Liebherr’s large hydrogen-powered wheel loader over a period of two years. Energie Steiermark will supply green hydrogen for its own hydrogen filling station at the quarry. The L 566 H wheel loader is the world’s first large wheel loader with a hydrogen engine.
Leonore Gewessler (Minister for Climate Action), Clemens Haselsteiner (CEO of STRABAG), Martin Graf (Director of Energie Steiermark) and Jan Liebherr (Chairman of the Board of Directors of Liebherr-International AG) attended a special event at the Gratkorn quarry to mark the start of the project for the first test use of the large hydrogen powered wheel loader. In addition to technical presentations and a tour of the quarry, the hydrogen-powered wheel loader was demonstrated in operation. For the next two years, STRABAG will be testing the L 566 H prototype on a daily basis. A hydrogen filling station is being built to refuel the wheel loader directly at the quarry. The energy supplier Energie Steiermark will provide the green hydrogen required for this.
Leonore Gewessler – Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology – praised Liebherr’s exemplary commitment to reducing greenhouse and other harmful gases and its cooperation with STRABAG on testing hydrogen technology. “I am pleased to see innovative companies pushing ahead with pilot projects, especially in forms of mobility that are difficult to electrify, such as those in the construction sector,” says Gewessler. The cooperation with STRABAG, one of the foremost construction companies in Europe, shows what an important and positive development the Liebherr drive technology is. Liebherr is delighted to hear this appreciation and acknowledgement of the path that it has chosen.
…
Pilot project for reducing emissions
With the pilot project, Liebherr and STRABAG are demonstrating how emissions can be reduced in a sector that is difficult to decarbonise by means of alternative fuels. Climate-neutral hydrogen produced with wind and water power or solar energy can be a key enabler for achieving the goal of climate neutrality set by Austria’s politicians. “Green hydrogen is an indispensable element of our future energy. As an important and valuable energy source, it helps replace fossil natural gas – especially in industry,” said climate action minister Gewessler. What makes the two-year test deployment at the Gratkorn quarry such a showcase project is, above all, the joint approach of Liebherr and STRABAG: two companies that are actively pushing decarbonisation forward.
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