INEOS Inovyn is to become the first company in Europe to use a H₂ truck for PVC transportation. The new truck was presented at this year’s INOVYN Awards ceremony on October 20. Deliveries with the new truck will begin at the end of Q1 2023, from INEOS Inovyn’s PVC production plant in Tavaux to Benvic’s plant in Dijon.

It is expected that 60 tpy of CO₂ emissions will be saved thanks to this initiative. Similar projects are already foreseen in the Netherlands and Belgium.

60 tpy of CO₂ will be saved when INEOS Inovyn brings its new H₂ truck into service to deliver PVC from its production plant in Tavaux to Benvic’s PVC compound plant in Dijon. From April 2023, this CO₂ emissions from the deliveries will be reduced to zero.

To make this possible, INEOS Inovyn partnered with Benvic and leading industrial logistics company GCA Trans Service to produce a new H₂-powered truck. The new truck will be built based on a DAF chassis in which the diesel motor will be replaced by H₂ fuel cells. The truck, which will be refueled at a local station in Dijon providing 100% green H₂, has a range of 500 km between two refills.

Geir Tuft, CEO of INEOS Inovyn, said, “This is a historical moment for our company. The use of H₂ trucks for product deliveries is a key part of our sustainability roadmap which aims to drastically reduce our CO₂ footprint over the next few years. The Tavaux truck will be leading the way, and we have already planned similar projects with other customers in Benelux.”

Luc Mertens, CEO of Benvic, said, “This initiative between BENVIC and INEOS Inovyn is a perfect fit with all our ESG actions, and also improves the environmental performance of our product. We work continuously to innovate our range of sustainable compounds in every way and logistics is a key factor so we are very proud to be one of the first INEOS Inovyn partners to engage in H₂-based technology for our deliveries.”

All customers and partners are welcomed to join the initiative and work together with INEOS Inovyn to ensure CO₂-free deliveries across sites.

Geir Tuft, CEO of INEOS Inovyn, said, “Supplying H₂ to the transport market is a key step in our new INEOS H₂ business strategy which also includes new H₂ production from water electrolysis, as well as H₂ storage and development of downstream supply into chemicals.”