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 Near-Term Markets:
Hydrogen Fuel Cells and the Materials Handling Industry
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Summary
For the past 80 years, batteries have been the overwhelming choice for powering electric forklifts. But times are changing, and for many companies hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts present advantages over batteries right now.
Program includes:
- A comparison of hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) forklifts with battery-powered models. Comparisons on: productivity, power consistency, system lifetime, energy efficiency, emissions output, noise, and more
- The findings from Raymond Corporation's two-year, $750,000 testing program of hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts
- Industry segments most likely to benefit from HFC forklifts
- Predictions for the future of the market for HFCs in materials handling
- Overcoming potential barriers to adoption of HFCs in materials handling
- Examples of real-world HFC forklift demonstration projects by manufacturers, retailers, auto companies, and more
 Steve Medwin
Manager of Advanced Research
Raymond Corporation
Steve Medwin is the manager of advanced research at The Raymond Corporation. Since 2004, he has been evaluating the application of fuel cell technology to the material handling business. For the previous three years, Medwin worked with Raymond’s Test Engineering and Test & Reliability groups.
Prior to working at Raymond, he spent 20 years in research and development at DuPont. Medwin is the inventor of nine U.S. patents and is a member of the UL 2267 Standards Technical Panel for Fuel Cell Power Systems for Industrial Electric Trucks, and chairman of the new Energy Storage Systems committee of the Industrial Truck Association (ITA).
Mr. Medwin received his Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and his Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He recently completed the Executive MBA program at Binghamton University in Binghamton, NY.
 John Christensen
Manufacturing R&D and Market Transformation Program
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
John Christensen is a subcontractor to NREL, focusing on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Market Transformation. In this capacity, John works federal deployments of early market fuel cell technologies throughout the civilian agencies, and in particular, the Department of Defense"
John recently retired from the federal government after 28 years of service, both as a civilian and on active duty in the Navy. As a civilian, John spent his last 20 years with the Defense Logistics Agency in Fort Belvoir, VA, including the last 8 years as DLA's R&D Chief.
DLA's $100M/year R&D portfolio included a significant amount of energy-related projects. During his last 4 years as R&D Chief, John planned and executed a number of R&D efforts related to Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, including; A congressionally mandated study related to the potential DOD use of hydrogen and fuel cells; investments in Solid Hydrogen Storage; soliciting the 4 DLA forklift pilots that you'll hear about today; leading a federal Community of Interest on Hydrogen Energy Technologies; and beginning an effort to apply the DOD-developed Manufacturing Readiness Levels to fuel cell manufacturing ."
John holds a BS in Environmental Engineering from the Univ of Florida, A Masters of Science in Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, a Masters of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and a Professional Engineering license from the State of Minnesota. John is based in the Washington DC area and has been a part of the DOE Market Transformation effort since October 2007.
 Pete Devlin (Moderator)
Moderator
Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Technologies Program
U.S. Department of Energy
Pete Devlin is responsible for manufacturing R & D and market transformation activities for the DOE Hydrogen Program. The Program aims to reduce oil use and carbon emissions through the development and implementation of hydrogen production, storage, and fuel cell systems.
Pete directs all activities related to research projects for manufacturing technologies as well as lead the Program’s efforts to foster early technology adoption by government and industry. Pete has been responsible for research and development in alternative fuel technologies including hydrogen production for seven years at DOE. Also at DOE for eight prior years, he worked on developing technologies for nuclear energy systems. Pete spent the first 12 years of his career in private industry engineering components of large energy production systems using nuclear, coal, and petroleum sources. Trained as an industrial engineer, Pete received a Bachelors of Science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1979.in communications at The George Washington University. She lives in Arlington, Virginia with her husband and two young children.
Please direct all inquiries to:
Kyle Gibeault
Program Coordinator
National Hydrogen Association
gibeaultk@hydrogenassociation.org
202-223-5547 x327 |
