HydroFleet plans $33M hydrogen production and fuelling facility in Georgia, USA
February 10, 2025
Hydrogen equipment and fuel supplier HydroFleet, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, has announced plans to invest nearly $33 million to construct a hydrogen production and fuelling station to service heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell trucks in Pooler, Georgia. To date, the company has delivered more than 450,000 kg of ready-to-use, gaseous hydrogen fuel to end-user fleets.
“Pooler is an ideal location for HydroFleet’s facility due to the proximity to major interstates, the Port of Savannah, and prospective fleet customers,” said HydroFleet’s CEO Scott Moe. “We know customers want zero-emission fleets but have struggled to source the entire hydrogen ecosystem at a price that is competitive. Through strategic partnerships and proven, safe technology, HydroFleet solves this challenging industry problem. We look forward to partnering with Pooler to lead the clean energy transition to cost-effective, emission-free heavy truck fleets here in Georgia.”
HydroFleet’s new facility will initially refuel seven to fourteen trucks a day, with planned future capacity reaching fifty trucks a day.
In the US, hydrogen power is seeing an increased use in response to calls for sustainability. Today, there are more than 18,000 hydrogen-powered passenger vehicles, over 570 hydrogen-powered buses and heavy trucks and over 80,000 hydrogen-powered forklifts in operation by companies like Amazon, Whirlpool and Walmart. The heavy-duty hydrogen fuel-cell electric truck sector is expected to grow following a December 2024 contract between Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA) and Glovis America whereby twenty-one of these trucks (XCIENT) will be in operation.
Environmentally friendly hydrogen trucks replace existing local diesel trucks with an exhaust-free solution and reduced noise. Replacing one diesel powered Class 8 heavy truck with a hydrogen fuel cell truck removes 400+ metric tons of CO2 emissions annually. At future capacity, the hydrogen-powered truck fleet serviced by Hydrofleet’s Pooler facility is anticipated to remove 40,000+ metric tons of CO2 from the Savannah region a year.
