Ballard Power Systems has signed a two-year agreement to supply fuel cell stacks to Danish system integrator H2 Logic A/S.

"The agreement with H2 Logic is evidence of growing interest in fuel cell-powered forklift solutions," says Mike Rosenberg, Ballard's materials handling director.

"While volumes under this supply agreement will be small initially, we see strong growth potential with H2 Logic."

Danish company H2 Logic A/S will buy Ballard's Mark9 SSL and Mark1020 ACS fuel cell stacks to integrate into fuel cell hybrid systems targeted at forklifts for warehouses and distribution centres.

H2 Logic's business development manager Mikael Sloth says the company is excited to develop and commercialise its fuel cell hybrid systems with Ballard as a strategic supplier.

"Ballard's technology has proven itself in terms of performance, reliability and ease of integration," Sloth says.

H2 Logic, established in 2003 in Herning, Denmark, is a developer of hydrogen fuel cell motive power solutions. This year, the company starts a pilot test involving two forklifts and one pallet truck from Atlet. H2 Logic supplies the fuel cell systems and refuelling station.

An H2 Logic spokesperson tells Forkliftaction.com News the company is looking for end users with class 3 forklifts in three-shift operations for demonstration projects in the UK, Germany and Scandinavia for applications in ports, warehouses, distribution centres and supermarkets.

H2 Logic received its first order in 2004 developing fuel cell systems for two handicap vehicles using metal hydride storage.

Metal hydride storage stores hydrogen at low pressure in a solid metal powder structure. It is ideal for forklifts as it contributes to counterbalance weight.

Sloth says metal hydride storage is still in the R&D stage and will not be used in the company's forklift demonstration projects.

He says H2 Logic developed one of the world's most advanced combined off-grid and on-grid hydrogen chain systems in 2004.