Rapid refill, high uptime: running forklifts with fuel cells

摘要

Fuel cell technology is reaching into industrial truck applications worldwide in some 70 pilot test and commercial adoption projects. Materials handling (MH) forklifts powered by proton-exchange (PEMFCs) and direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) are operating at airports, manufacturing plants, hospitals, mega retailers, food distributors, and military depots, as reported in last month's feature. The international supply chain of fuel cell stack and system OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), system integrators, hydrogen and refueling equipment suppliers, forklift OEMs and end-users stretches from the US to Europe - in particular Germany and Scandinavia - and Japan.