Altair Power
Develops and builds the Altair Power Pack: integrating the fuel cell, hydrogen storage and power electronics onto an electric chassis-cab vehicle, including homologation as a hydrogen vehicle.
Medegefinancierd door de Europese Unie
Project number EFRO-0214
Altair Power Pack — mobile hydrogen power for emission-free construction
Together with Green Planet and Bork Sloop & Milieu, Altair Power is developing the Altair Power Pack: a compact, mobile generator running on green hydrogen as a replacement for diesel generator sets.
The unit delivers off-grid power (three-phase AC and DC fast charging) for heavy electric equipment on construction and demolition sites among others. It is built on an electric chassis-cab vehicle and stays light enough to be driven on a category B licence. Refuelling takes place at existing hydrogen stations, such as Green Planet's in Pesse; validation in practice takes place at Bork's project locations.
The project runs from November 2025 to November 2027 and covers the design, the build of a first prototype, homologation with the RDW and validation in the field. The goal: to demonstrate that mobile hydrogen power is a reliable, safe and fully emission-free alternative to diesel generator sets, saving up to roughly 150 tonnes of CO₂ per unit per year.
This project is co-funded by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (EFRO), via the EFRO 2021-2027 Noord-Nederland programme of the Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland (SNN). (Project number: EFRO-0214)
This page is an English translation for convenience. The authoritative version is the Dutch project page.
- Project number
- EFRO-0214
- Duration
- Nov 2025 – Nov 2027
- Programme
- EFRO 2021-2027 NN
- CO₂ saving
- ±150 tonnes per unit per year
- Status
- Prototype build
Project partners
Building the proof together.
The project runs on the combination of hydrogen infrastructure, real project sites and vehicle engineering.
Green Planet
Operates the hydrogen station in Pesse and contributes expertise on hydrogen supply and refuelling infrastructure. This is where the Altair Power Pack is refuelled in practice.
Bork Sloop & Milieu
Provides project locations for validation in the field and brings in the requirements of demolition and construction practice: what power, what run time and what controls actually work on site.
Progress
Where we stand.
We keep track of how the project is coming along here.
Assembly of the first prototype
The parts for the first Altair Power Pack have arrived and assembly is well under way. Once built, the system is commissioned step by step: fuel cell, hydrogen storage, cooling and power electronics are each tested in turn.
Design established in outline
The main design of the Altair Power Pack has been established: the layout of the body, the high- and low-voltage architecture and the cooling system are settled. That allowed production of the first parts to start.
Project start
The Altair Power Pack project started with the design phase, together with project partners Green Planet and Bork Sloop & Milieu.
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