U.S. Department of Defense purchases 19 Gendrive power units from Plug Power

摘要

According to Plug Power CEO Andy Marsh, the company will provide 19 class 1 GenDrive fuel cell power units and two years of managed services for a demonstration project funded by the U.S. DOD. Plug Power's GenDrive units will be commissioned at the U.S. Army's Forces Command in Fort Lewis, WA where they will power a fleet of sit-down counterbalanced lift trucks. The two-year project will study and assess the use of wastewater treatment plant digester gas as a hydrogen source for fuel cells. The hydrogen created will power the fuel cell forklifts used for heavy maintenance work at Fort Lewis.