Right Vehicle, Right Fuel, Right Time
Pioneering Innovation, Driving the Future of Fleets
Novuna Vehicle Solutions are delighted to be returning to Fleet and Mobility Live for our 6th year.
Providing the support you and your drivers need, when and where its needed, requires more than just fleet management expertise, robust processes, and a nationwide network of support services. It needs people who understand the challenges you face, think like you do, and are fully empowered to deliver service excellence every day.
With over 40 years’ experience managing some of the biggest and most diverse fleets in the country, we have the knowledge, skills, and resource to help you maximise the value of your entire fleet, no matter what vehicles you run and what matters most to your business.
Striving to build towards a net zero future for all, we are the only leasing company part of the DFT-funded Tees Valley Hydrogen Vehicle Consortium, alongside German manufacturer Quantron AG.
Come and meet us!
Simply enter your details on the form to the right to reserve your slot to speak with a member of our team during Fleet & Mobility Live 2024.
We will be at stand A30 during the show discussing all things fleets, decarbonisation and fuel innovation. To find out how to get to us in Hall Six, take a look at the map below.
Learn more about: Hydrogen
Is hydrogen a green energy source? Back
The most common method of hydrogen production relies on fossil fuels and less than 0.04% of total hydrogen production can currently be labelled as ‘green’.
A number of alternatives are being developed, including electrolysis, which uses electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. How green this process is largely depends on how the electricity is generated in the first place.
Another serious option is ‘blue hydrogen’, which uses the same basic process of steam methane reforming (SMR) as deployed in current hydrogen production, but the CO2 produced is captured and, potentially, re-used by converting it into plastics, concrete, or biofuels etc.
Nuclear power plants can also produce green hydrogen using various forms of electrolysis and small modular reactor technologies.
How is hydrogen made? Back
The UK produces about 700,000 tonnes of hydrogen each year. Most of this is made from natural gas using a process called Steam Methane Reforming (SMR).
SMR involves exposing methane to high-temperature steam and a catalyst, such as nickel, creates a chemical reaction that produces hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide. The carbon monoxide is then processed with more steam, generating additional hydrogen and carbon dioxide.
What does it cost to run a hydrogen vehicle? Back
Calculating the running costs of a hydrogen vehicle is a complex equation with lots of variables to consider, including the efficiency of the vehicle, access to infrastructure, total cost of ownership etc. Hydrogen has the potential to be markedly cheaper than either petrol or diesel and could even be cheaper than battery electric vehicles, but it largely depends on how the competing technologies develop and the scale of adoption.
Is anyone investing in hydrogen right now? Back
The Hydrogen Council was launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2017. Its membership includes major manufacturers such as Audi, BMW, Honda, and Toyota, along with BP, Shell, Michelin, and Microsoft. Their objective is to facilitate international collaboration and pave the way for the deployment of reliable, large-scale, hydrogen solutions.
Globally, just under 800 hydrogen projects will be fully or partially deployed by 2030, with up to £250b of direct investment announced so far. Here in the UK, the government recently announced £2 billion in government funding over the next 15 years, including backing for 11 major projects aimed at producing ‘green’ hydrogen.
