Ace Hardware has signed an agreement to buy 65 GenDrive hydrogen fuel cell powered lift trucks for its new facility in Wilmer, Texas. The lift trucks are being manufactured by Crown Equipment Corporation and the fuel cells are made by Plug Power, Inc. According to Plug Power, Inc., “Plug Power’s GenDrive units competed against lead-acid • Read More »
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Air Products Converts 72 Lift Trucks to FCVs in Alabama
October 10, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Air Products Converts 72 Lift Trucks to FCVs in Alabama | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts.If you’ve read this blog for a while you’ll realize that I like to talk about hydrogen forklifts and fuel cell lift trucks. This is mainly because while hydrogen cars are still in the prototype or leasing phase, hydrogen-powered forklifts and lift trucks are being commercialized at a rapid pace. And, one of the main • Read More »
GenDrive Next Generation Fuel Cells for Lift Trucks Announced by Plug Power
October 24, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts.Last week I talked about how industrial gas supplier Air Liquide was making money from installing hydrogen fueling station infrastructure inside of large commercial warehouses for use by fuel cell powered lift trucks, forklifts and palette trucks. This week I want to talk about another manufacturer in a different segment of the industry profiting from • Read More »
Government Stimulus Money Helps Genco Buy 25 H2 Lift Trucks
March 25, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Government Stimulus Money Helps Genco Buy 25 H2 Lift Trucks | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts.I’ve talked about hydrogen powered lift trucks and forklifts a dozen times over the past few years. And, I’m about to add to this total, making it a baker’s dozen. A company called Genco was awarded $6.1 million as part of the U. S. government’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to purchase 25 hydrogen fuel • Read More »
Crown Equipment Opting for Fuel Cell Lift Trucks
December 17, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Crown Equipment Opting for Fuel Cell Lift Trucks | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts, Hydrogen Vehicles.A week ago I talked about how Central Grocers in Joliet, Illinois were buying 220 Yale hydrogen fuel cell lift trucks to move products around their new facility. Air Products (now laying off a large block of workers) and Plug Power are collaborating on this project. But, now Crown Equipment Corporation is also jumping on • Read More »
Yale Hydrogen Lift Trucks Move Central Grocers’ Products
December 11, 2008 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Yale Hydrogen Lift Trucks Move Central Grocers’ Products | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts, Hydrogen Vehicles.There’s no word on what’s up at Harvard, but Yale lift trucks are now going to be powered by hydrogen fuel cell and moving the products of Central Grocers. The Central Grocers distribution center is now being constructed in Joliet, Illinois, without any aid from the Governor 😉 and will use 220 Yale lift trucks powered by • Read More »
Sysco Warehouse Opens with Fuel Cell Forklifts, Palette Trucks
June 21, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 5 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts.In May 2010, I wondered aloud whether or not fuel cell forklifts and palette trucks used in large warehouse settings, would in fact be the first commercial production hydrogen vehicles on the market. Now, there is more evidence that this is so. In Houston, Texas Sysco Inc. opened their new 585,000-square-foot food distribution facility. They • Read More »
BMW Develops Largest Fleet of Fuel Cell Forklifts in North America
June 11, 2013 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on BMW Develops Largest Fleet of Fuel Cell Forklifts in North America | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts.On March 14, 2013 I had talked about how BMW was bullish on fuel cell forklifts and other materials handling units. At that time, at their Spartanburg, SC manufacturing facility, BMW had just purchased 100 fuel cell material handling units. Now, BMW has decided to expand by purchasing 175 more Plug Power units for the • Read More »
Crowning Achievement in Building Hydrogen Fuel Cell Forklifts
September 27, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Crowning Achievement in Building Hydrogen Fuel Cell Forklifts | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts.Crown Equipment Corporation out of New Bremen, Ohio has made a crowning achievement by building its 500th hydrogen fuel cell forklift for commercial sale. This number is in addition to the forklifts Crown already has in action that have been retrofitted with fuel cells. According to Crown, “A Crown SR 5000 Series moving-mast reach truck • Read More »
Commercialization of Fuel Cell Forklifts Keeps on Rolling
July 20, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Commercialization of Fuel Cell Forklifts Keeps on Rolling | Filed in: Hydrogen Forklifts.Yesterday I talked about the near future commercialization of the Class-B Big Rig Tyrano Truck from Vision Industries. Now, I would like to talk about the present day commercialization of hydrogen fuel cell materials handling vehicles such as forklifts and palette trucks. In fact over the past couple of years I’ve talked about fuel cell • Read More »