Waikato Business News July/August 2021

WAIKATO BUSINESS NEWS July/August 2021
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If you can shift a
fleet of trucks, say
50 trucks, onto
hydrogen, there is
a proportionally a
significant amount
more EV [cars] that
you’d need to have
on the road to be
the equivalent.
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Jimmy Ormsby says Waitomo has an open
mind to new technologies and anticipates
a more fragmented market in future.
The future of fuel
The country’s first hydrogen refuelling stop
is set to be located at Waitomo Group’s Te
Rapa site as the company gears for a lowcarbon
future.
Waitomo has applied
for consent to add
hydrogen to the
existing petrol and diesel
offering, and is also applying
for consent at a new build in
Palmerston North.
The hope is for hydrogen-fuelled
trucks to be on
New Zealand roads within 12
months, managing director
Jimmy Ormsby says.
Trucks are where “the needle
can be moved” in terms
of emissions, he says. “The
more heavy trucks that can
use alternate fuels like hydrogen,
the bigger the impact in
terms of reducing emissions.
“If you can shift a fleet of
trucks, say 50 trucks, onto
hydrogen, there is a proportionally
a significant amount
more EV [cars] that you'd
need to have on the road to be
the equivalent.”
The Hamilton-based
company is partnering with
Taranaki-based Hiringa
Energy to help build the
network, which is aimed
at trucking fleets and will
initially have eight sites.
Waitomo will be providing
the platform, with Hiringa
investing in the hydrogen,
trucks and infrastructure.
Hydrogen refuelling will
also be offered at a high-profile
site at the Ruakura Superhub,
with Waitomo set to
open a fuel stop and service
centre accessible off the
Waikato Expressway.
The centre - the first for
the new Hub in a coup for
Waitomo - is planned to be
open by mid 2022 and will
include a convenience store
and two quick-service restaurants
in a departure from the
company’s usual fuel-only
sites.
Ormsby says they had
been talking to the landowner,
Tainui, for a number of years,
after they started leasing their
Te Rapa site from the iwi.
They have also been developing
their capability so they
could be seriously considered
as a partner at Ruakura by the
iwi’s investment arm, TGH.
“I believe that we have
alignment with TGH, in terms
of their vision for building
the Waikato from the inside
out and partnering with other
local or regional businesses.”
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