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A US member-owned grocery wholesaler has purchased fuel cell units from Plug Power to power the entire lift truck fleet at its new distribution centre.

Central Grocers, a US member-owned grocery wholesaler formed in 1917, has purchased 220 Gendrive fuel cell units from Plug Power to power the entire lift truck fleet at its new distribution centre.

The centre is currently under construction in Joliet, Illinois, and is expected to be operational by the end of the first quarter of 2009.

Central Grocers chose the hydrogen fuel cell power units, rather than traditional lead-acid batteries, for a fleet of Yale lift trucks.

Powering the entire lift truck fleet with Gendrive fuel cells will eliminate the need to invest in a battery charging and changing infrastructure, reducing operational costs and opening up floor space for the distribution business.

The use of fuel cells also removes the storage and handling of toxic materials associated with the use of lead-acid batteries from the workplace.

The Gendrive units will be fuelled by compressed hydrogen gas, which is converted from liquid hydrogen.

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