Cada vez es más común, ver en territorio europeo, grandes empresas que se interesan por este tipo de tecnología.
Viessmann to use Hydrogen Fuel Cell Forklift Truck at German Headquarters
16 Dec 2013
Viessmann has announced it has adopted a
hydrogen forklift truck to undertake every day warehouse operations at
its Allendorf factory in Germany. Following a trial as part of the state
of Hesse’s H2BZ Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Initiative, Viessmann announced
plans to produce its own renewable hydrogen on site with a view to
fuelling its forklifts in future. A new electrolyser facility will be
built next to the company’s two biogas plants which will produce
renewable hydrogen from methane in a process powered by excess wind or
solar power.
The forklift, by Still, operates using
hydrogen cells instead of batteries. The cells convert hydrogen into
electricity, meaning that re-fuelling only takes a few minutes as
opposed to the hours of charging needed for traditional battery-powered
models.
Viessmann is a multiple award-winning
leader in sustainability and resource efficiency. The use of fuel cell
technology is the latest "Efficiency Plus" initiative at the company’s
headquarters in Allendorf, designed to demonstrate that tomorrow's
environmental be achieved today with technology that is already on the
market.
Fuel cell technology is not only being
used by Viessmann for production logistics, but also in a new combined
heat and power fuel cell cogeneration system that will be introduced to
the domestic heating market in Germany in April next year, with
international markets to follow.
Source: Viessmann
Viessmann to use Hydrogen Fuel
Cell Forklift Truck at German Headquarters
16 Dec 2013
Viessmann has announced it has
adopted a hydrogen forklift truck to undertake every day warehouse operations
at its Allendorf factory in Germany. Following a trial as part of the state of
Hesse’s H2BZ Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Initiative, Viessmann announced plans to
produce its own renewable hydrogen on site with a view to fuelling its
forklifts in future. A new electrolyser facility will be built next to the
company’s two biogas plants which will produce renewable hydrogen from methane
in a process powered by excess wind or solar power.
The forklift, by Still,
operates using hydrogen cells instead of batteries. The cells convert hydrogen
into electricity, meaning that re-fuelling only takes a few minutes as opposed
to the hours of charging needed for traditional battery-powered models.
Viessmann is a multiple
award-winning leader in sustainability and resource efficiency. The use of fuel
cell technology is the latest "Efficiency Plus" initiative at the
company’s headquarters in Allendorf, designed to demonstrate that tomorrow's
environmental be achieved today with technology that is already on the market.
Fuel cell technology is not
only being used by Viessmann for production logistics, but also in a new
combined heat and power fuel cell cogeneration system that will be introduced
to the domestic heating market in Germany in April next year, with
international markets to follow.
Source:
Viessmann
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