燃料電池の実用化が進んでいます。フォークリフトは、倉庫
なので、ガソリンは使えないし、鉛電池では色々不便で非効
率、ということで、一番なのは水しか出さない燃料電池という
ことになります。米加ではひそかに進んでいます。何せ小売で
も大規模倉庫が必要になりますので。
（2009/10/01）
コカ・コーラ社は、ノースカロライナ州製造センター、シャーロ
ット工場に４０台の燃料電池フォークリフトを導入予定。米国で２
番目に大きいコカ・コーラ販社である。
http://www.plugpower.com/newsroom/pressreleases.aspx?action=details&newsid=299
COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED TO INSTALL HYDROGEN FUELED FORKLIFTS
LATHAM, NY – October 1, 2009 – The nation’s second largest Coca-Cola bottler will install 40 hydrogen-powered forklifts at its Charlotte, North Carolina production center. Plug Power Inc., a leader in providing clean, reliable energy solutions, announced today that it will provide its class-1 sit down counterbalanced GenDrive™ fuel cell solution to Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated early in 2010.
“With these fuel cell materials handling units, we will be able to maintain productivity, decrease operating costs and lower greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent’” said Coca-Cola Consolidated spokesman..
One alternative, batteries, would allow the company to move to electric lift trucks, but consumed valuable facility space with battery charging equipment and infrastructure. With batteries also came operator downtime and decreased productivity as time is spent changing and charging the power source.
About Plug Power Inc.： www.plugpower.com
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