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Article: Nissan Becomes First Automaker to Commercially Deploy Methanol Fuel Cells for Material Handling Equipment.
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- Energy Weekly News
- Article date:
- September 11, 2009
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Nissan North America (NNA) (NASDAQ: NSANY) has become the first vehicle manufacturer to commercially deploy methanol fuel cells to power its material handling equipment (tugs) at its Smyrna, Tenn., assembly plant. The methanol fuel cells from Oorja Protonics, OorjaPac™, provide a more energy efficient and cost effective battery-charging process for the 60 tugs that are used to transport thousands of vehicle parts throughout the 5.4 million-square-foot facility.
"Nissan is constantly looking at the impact our business activities have on the environment, and at the same time, how we can become more efficient," said Mark Sorgi, manager, Material Handling. ...