The Anonymous Widower

Lidl Supermarket Chain Dumps Battery Electrics For Hydrogen Fuel Cell Fleet

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Hydrogen Fuel News.

These are a few points from the article.

• Lidl Germany is replacing electric vehicles with hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
• They are the first retailer to do this in Europe.
• They are also replacing electric fork-lifts in a major depot in France with hydrogen-powered ones.
• The green hydrogen for the depot will be produced by Lhyfe 75 kilometres away from wind energy.
• Lidl is also considering converting some of its delivery trucks to hydrogen.

With respect to the forklifts the article lists the advantages of hydrogen forklifts over electric.

• Hydrogen forklifts have a 97 % availability, as opposed to 50 % for battery ones.
• Refuelling a hydrogen forklift takes 2 to 3 minutes, whereas recharging a battery forklift can take several hours.
• Hydrogen forklifts allow a smaller fleet.
• Hydrogen forklifts need less refuelling bays.

The article shows some of the advantages of using hydrogen.

Conclusion

How many other supermarket groups will switch to hydrogen?

April 6, 2022 - Posted by AnonW | Hydrogen, Transport/Travel | Fork-Lift Trucks, Germany, Hydrogen-Powered Trucks, Lhyfe, Lidl, Shopping