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Over 拢100K BEIS funding for Wrexham firm in bid to switch from diesel to hydrogen power

If successful, it could pioneer fuel switching to help all 海角视频 industries transition to net zero

ASH Waste Services managing director Neil Hassall

A waste management company in Wrexham has received BEIS funding to see if it can power its machinery on hydrogen instead of diesel and electricity.

ASH Waste Services secured £176,000 in funding from the £26m Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator programme, run by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and funded through the 海角视频 Government's £1bn Net Zero Innovation Portfolio.

The financial package will fund a six-month feasibility study into whether the waste company can power its industrial plant and equipment on low-carbon hydrogen instead. If successful, it could pioneer fuel switching to help all 海角视频 industries transition to net zero.

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ASH, headquartered in Wrexham, will be aided by Compact Syngas Solutions which is based in Deeside. The two firms are already collaborating on a wider project aimed at converting landfill waste into hydrogen fuel.

Managing director at ASH Neil Hassall said: "We are delighted to have been successful in obtaining government funding for our feasibility study into powering our machinery with hydrogen. Reducing our carbon footprint sits at the core of our business, and finding greener ways to operate our equipment will be an important leap forward. We hope our work will prove to be just the beginning of a 海角视频-wide transition in how we power our machinery."

Laura O’Neill, grants manager at innovation tax relief and funding specialist Catax, said: "Moving away from diesel and electricity to power the 海角视频’s industrial machinery is going to involve big technological advances, and ASH Waste Services is leading the charge. Hydrogen could have a large role to play in helping the 海角视频 hit net zero, and the country is well placed to become a global leader in this technology through investment in this important research.”