- Ambar and the logistics company Carreras start a pioneering transport trial with renewable hydrogen that seeks to reduce CO₂ emissions by 30 tonnes
Ambar beer will travel its next kilometers in a much cleaner way. The Aragonese brewer and the logistics company Carreras have started a pioneering test of transport with renewable hydrogen, in collaboration with Repsol, Zoilo Ríos and EVARM.
The trial, which will last three months, seeks to reduce CO₂e emissions by 30 tonnes in the transport of beer from the Ambar factory, on the Castellón road, to the central warehouse in Carreras, in the Zaragoza Logistics Platform (Plaza).
To overcome the shortage of hydrogen vehicles in Spain, the project has adapted a hybrid trailer capable of running on renewable diesel and/or hydrogen, which allows it to also face long-distance journeys. The tractor unit, developed by the company EVARM, comes from a model with two consecutive victories in the Mission 1000 category of the Dakar Rally, intended for vehicles powered by alternative energies.
The vehicle consumes about 16 litres of renewable diesel and 3 kilos of hydrogen per 100 kilometres, compared to 33-35 litres of B7 diesel in a conventional truck. With this combination, transporting beer will significantly reduce its carbon footprint.
The initiative has received the Innovation Award at the Green Gas Mobility Summit 2025 and aims to demonstrate the technical and environmental feasibility of hydrogen in heavy-duty transport. For Ambar and Carreras, it is a further step in their commitment to move towards more sustainable logistics.
“We want the beer not only to arrive freshly packaged, but also with fewer emissions,” says Enrique Torguet, Director of Communication, Institutional Relations and ESG at Ambar, stressing that the project is a commitment to decarbonisation and innovation in Aragon. For Héctor Benito, director of projects and sustainability at Carreras, “this test will allow us to know the behaviour of hydrogen technology in the daily practice of logistics”.
