Aerial lift makers adopt hydrogen power sources

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Aerial lift makers adopt hydrogen power sources

PowerProgress.com | Jeff Pao | 11 January 2025

Hydrogen fuel cells are used across a diverse cross-section of vehicles and equipment. They are gaining traction in Class 8 trucks, becoming popular in material handling applications and starting to make inroads in construction equipment.

Now it seems access equipment OEMs have joined the roster of equipment makers availing themselves of hydrogen to decarbonize. These include giants like Haulotte, Niftylift and Manitou, each of which has taken a different approach to powering its equipment with hydrogen.


Niftylift’s hydrogen fuel cell-powered boom lift HR15 uses G20 hydrogen cylinders for refueling. (Photo: Niftylift)

Hydrogen Range Extender

In June 2022, France’s Haulotte signaled the start of its journey to adopt hydrogen energy by announcing a collaboration with Bouygues Energies & Services, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction. Bouygues then acquired hydrogen solutions specialist Equans in October of that year.

Haulotte's HS18 E PRO scissor lift

Haulotte’s HS18 E PRO scissor lift was used for the first time at the Saint-Cyr-l’École military school near Paris in October 2024. Benoît Baleydier, project manager at Haulotte, said the company decided in 2018 to electrify all its machines...more
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1. Heavy Equipment is one of the perfect uses of H2, both for electric motors and combustion engines.

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2. Good stuff! Thanks for the link...nt