Skanska uses hydrogen digger in global first on Lower Thames Crossing

World's First Hydrogen Digger for Thames Crossing

The world's first hydrogen powered digger has been put to work on the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing project, aiming to be the UK's first carbon neutral construction project.

WORLD FIRST: Lower Thames Crossing deploys hydrogen-powered digger

A British-made JCB hydrogen fuelled digger – the first one deployed outside a test environment anywhere in the world – has been used to carry out survey work for the Lower Thames Crossing – which will be the first major infrastructure programme in Britain to be carbon neutral in construction, National Highways has confirmed. The Lower Thames Crossing, a new road and tunnel linking Kent and Essex, will double road capacity across the Thames. It w…

Skanska uses hydrogen digger in global first on Lower Thames Crossing

A hydrogen-powered digger has been used on the Lower Thames Crossing in a world-first live deployment, as National Highways pledged that the road tunnel project will be carbon neutral in construction. The 20-tonne JCB machine, which runs on hydrogen instead of diesel, has been operating… The post Skanska uses hydrogen digger in global first on Lower Thames Crossing appeared first on Construction News.