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Working with our in-house TPS deployment expert, Wes Hansen, Gus Block and I created this Step-by-Step Guide for Fuel Cell Forklift Deployments.  The guide takes you through the process of converting part (or all) of your forklift fleet to fuel cells - from financial analysis to permitting and installation.

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CeMAT this year is very well attended despite the higher than normal temperatures in Hannover, Germany. At the last CeMAT event there was only one fuel cell forklift on display. This year there are three fuel cell forklifts on display and one hydrogen powered ICE forklift. Also available for public viewing is a mobile hydrogen refueling truck.

Nuvera Fuel Cells can be found in two of the three locations at CeMAT displaying fuel cells. The PowerFlow PF5 can be found in the Still FMX-20 reach truck.

Hoppecke Batterien developed the hybrid fuel cell power pack used in the Still truck and displayed a cutaway of that technology in the front of the Hoppecke pavilion. Using nickel metal hydride batteries with the PowerFlow, Hoppecke has been able to realize a full two shifts of operation before refueling with hydrogen is required.

There was tremendous interest at all locations showing fuel cells. This crowd at one display is an example of that interest.

When fuel cell or hydrogen ICE trucks needed hydrogen, they just drove around the building to be refueled at this mobile refueler. Refueling there was quick and easy to give each truck a full tank of 350 bar hydrogen.

In addition to our fuel cell forklift proving ground in Topton, Pennsylvania, Nuvera has recently begun testing of its ReadyPower power pack here in our Billerica facility. The focus is on acceleration and braking, with special attention being paid to the regenerative braking system in place on most forklift trucks today. These tests will allow optimization of the hardware that Deka and Nuvera use to absorb the braking energy created (ReadyPower doesn’t have the large battery presence that traditional lead acid batteries do, as it stores its electricity in the form of hydrogen).

Pictured on the forklift is Aaron Harris, our Environmental, Health and Safety Coordinator.

By Danielle Andre

Nuvera and our CEO, Roberto Cordaro, were featured in a special “Energy & Innovation” pull-out section of the Lowell Sun last Sunday. The article, titled “Nuvera Fuel Cells offers ‘clean’ ride-Billerica company has landed pacts to power buses and fork lifts,” was the result of an extensive interview conducted by Sun Correspondent, Andrea Gregory, which included interviews with both myself and Roberto as well as a tour of our facility.

In her article, which spans three pages of the section, Andrea covers the history of our company, an overview of fuel cell technology, Nuvera’s focus on the material handling market and our longer term approach to the automotive industry, our expansion to Billerica, Representative Tsongas’s take on Nuvera, and the Massachusetts fuel cell cluster. No wonder she needed three pages! As the article was in a special pull out section of the Sunday paper, it hasn’t been posted to the Lowell Sun website. I’ve included scans of the article that are legible if you click them to open up to full size.

Thanks to Ales Horky and Kyle Van Zandt for representing Nuvera on film, Roberto for doing the last minute interview and Andrea for writing a great article.