Wegmans Using Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered Pallet Trucks
The warehouse installation is the first commercial site in Pennsylvania to use this advanced technology to move consumer goods using hydrogen-powered material handling equipment.
Air Products will fuel the fleet of pallet trucks all fitted with Plug Power’s GenDriveTM hydrogen fuel cell power units.
The GenDrive systems can be quickly refueled in less than five minutes, completely eliminating the need to change, store, charge and maintain multiple lead acid batteries per lift truck.
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Wegmans hopes to convert its entire lift truck fleet at the Pottsville facility to hydrogen fuel cells over the next few years. To this point, Wegmans’ material handling equipment was all powered with lead acid batteries.
Air Products’ hydrogen fueling technology is currently being used to fuel approximately 300 material handling vehicles including: fuel cell powered lift trucks at Central Grocers’ new distribution center in Joliet, Ill.; hydrogen fuel cell powered forklifts at Nestlé Waters North America in Dallas, Tex.; hydrogen fuel cell powered forklifts at the Defense Distribution Depot Susquehanna Pennsylvania in New Cumberland, Pa.; as well as hydrogen fuel cell powered forklifts at several other customers in the United States.
Air Products has placed over 110 hydrogen fueling stations in the United States and 18 countries worldwide. Use of the company’s technology is increasing and is currently at 175,000 hydrogen fills per year.
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