element 1 overview

Element 1 is a cross-industry consortium led by BAM which will develop the use of hydrogen as a supplement to lower diesel usage on construction sites, following the approval of a £4,872,653 grant from the UK Government.

The project is funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and brings together expertise from construction (BAM & Skanska), plant hire (Flannery & Plantforce), hydrogen sector (ULEMCo, GeoPura, Reynolds Logistics) and Research and Technical Organisation BRE.

The Element 1 project will drive forward hydrogen manufacturing and supply chain efficiency, including off-site and on-site production, off-grid compression, innovative storage and distribution solutions. The system is designed to accelerate diesel replacement on construction sites, by replacing current engines with those capable of using 30-50% hydrogen, vastly reducing diesel usage and enabling existing plant use over its remaining lifecycle, eliminating the carbon footprint of scrapping machinery before the end of its lifespan.

Running for around two years, the project will provide practical solutions which will be demonstrated on operational construction sites.

The project aims to reduce the construction industry’s reliance on fossil fuels and has brought together a variety of contractors and suppliers from across the sector.

partnering for the future

Element 1 seeks to completely eliminate the use of diesel as a fuel on UK construction sites by 2040 and addresses this challenge via a scalable, commercially viable and globally applicable low-­carbon alternative based on the use of hydrogen.

MISSION

Element 1 integrates state-of-the-art technologies with targeted R&D to address gaps in the end-to-end value chain. It will accelerate the replacement of diesel-using technologies whilst enabling existing plant to continue in use over its remaining lifecycle, accelerating progress towards ‘net zero’.

Pioneering

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Latest element 1 news

Final Two Excavators Converted For Hydrogen Fuel

Final Two Excavators Converted For Hydrogen Fuel

Today marks another important step towards us deploying our end-to-end hydrogen fuel solution on construction sites. The project has successfully completed another important milestone with the installation of the hydrogen tanks and control systems to the two Kobelco...

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