Airgas Inc. and Nuvera Fuel Cell Inc. enter into agreement
Airgas, Inc. and Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc., entered a five-year marketing, sales, and service agreement to provide Nuvera PowerTap hydrogen generators and stations to the North American material handling market. The agreement provides that Nuvera will manufacture the PowerTap systems and Airgas will provide distribution, installation, monitoring and maintenance of the equipment, as well as backup hydrogen, at customer sites.
PowerTap is a hydrogen generator and hydrogen station that uses steam reformation technology to produce hydrogen from natural gas. It is a part of the Nuvera Total Power Solution and includes PowerEdge, a fuel cell hybrid system that replaces standard lead acid batteries in material handling equipment such as forklift trucks.
Peter McCausland, Airgas chairman and CEO, said, ‘For customers who want to increase productivity while reducing their environmental impact, this sustainable technology lowers CO2 emissions while eliminating more costly, resource-intense battery installations and disposal. By combining Nuvera’s technology and manufacturing expertise with Airgas’ nationwide distribution capability, we’re able to provide the lowest total cost energy solution for these customers.’
Roberto Cordaro, Nuvera Fuel Cells CEO, added, ‘With this new distribution and service channel for our PowerTap systems, and source for backup hydrogen, the material handling market has a reliable, cost-effective and reputable source of hydrogen that will further the commercialization of Nuvera’s products.’
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