First Hydrogen Corp. announced that the Company's hydrogen-fuel-cell powered vehicle (FCEV) has been delivered to UK utility, SSE Plc. The FCEV will begin real-world trials at SSE's operational site at Aberdeen, Scotland and surrounding areas, which features some of the UK's best hydrogen infrastructure.

This infrastructure will enable SSE to experience easy and fast refuelling within 5-7 minutes, showcasing a significant advantage of the Company's FCEV over battery electric vehicles (BEV), which typically take hours to recharge. As the UK's largest low-carbon energy infrastructure company, SSE currently operates one of the largest vehicle fleets in the UK and, in recognition of the crucial role decarbonization of transport plays in meeting net zero, has already pledged to switch 2,500 of its vehicles to electric. Data will be collected from onboard instruments analyzing fuel consumption, usage and efficiency.

The information will be used towards calculating the Total Cost of Ownership, a key consideration for fleet operators when purchasing vehicles. SSE is the first utility to trial the Company's FCEV, coordinated through the Aggregated Hydrogen Freight Consortium (AHFC). The organization works with large UK fleet operators to accelerate the adoption of hydrogen transport through vehicle deployment and refuelling infrastructure development.

The trials will see 16 major fleet operators who expressed interest in trialling First Hydrogen's vehicle, including grocery, utilities, parcel delivery and healthcare companies.