Hydrogen forklift is gradually becoming a hot application field for fuel cell enterprises.
Recently, new hydrogen power released two new fuel cell forklifts - h2x-tank fuel cell heavy forklift and h2x-star fuel cell 2T forward forklift; Guohong hydrogen energy's supporting hydrogen fuel cell forklift fobot-f3011 was successfully delivered to Qingpu District, Shanghai; Hydrogen morning technology has reached cooperation with yingfeiteng and Zhejiang lanneng on the development and promotion of hydrogen fuel cell forklifts. In addition, fuel cell enterprises such as hydrogen Pu Chuang energy, aerospace hydrogen energy, qingneng Co., Ltd., wind hydrogen Yang, Himalaya, Czech hydrogen technology and Tianneng hydrogen energy have also made in-depth layout in the field of hydrogen forklift and achieved certain results.
Why do fuel cell companies rush into the field of hydrogen forklift? What is the development potential of hydrogen forklift track?
Hydrogen forklift market
Forklift is a wheeled vehicle for loading, unloading, stacking and short-distance transportation of pallet goods. At present, it is mainly divided into internal combustion engine forklift and electric forklift. In the context of promoting energy transformation and curbing carbon emissions, the demand for carbon reduction in industrial production and handling has increased. The existing two power schemes can not solve the green transformation needs of low-carbon emission and stable and lasting output of industrial vehicles.
Hydrogen forklift has the advantages of zero emission, fast hydrogenation and constant output power. It avoids the short board of internal combustion forklift and electric forklift. It is suitable for long-term operation and can adapt to the working environment of minus 30 ℃ to 50 ℃. It has become an ideal solution for forklift replacement, and its development prospect is promising. It is worth mentioning that hydrogen forklift is different from other hydrogen vehicle models. It is a proven product and market abroad.
Take the United States as an example. At present, there are nearly 40000 hydrogen forklifts in the United States. 50000 hydrogen forklifts will be realized by 2022 and 300000 by 2030; In terms of enterprises, the business focus of Prager, a leading hydrogen energy enterprise in the United States, is in the field of fuel cell material handling. More than 32000 hydrogen forklifts have been deployed worldwide, running more than 1 billion miles and 300 million hours. Hydrogen forklifts have been verified in terms of technology, products, safety and market.
Driven by multiple factors, domestic fuel cell enterprises that "smell" the opportunity of hydrogen forklift accelerated to enter the "horse race enclosure", which also led to many good news from the niche field of hydrogen forklift, such as new products, orders, projects and so on. Since last year, the development has accelerated significantly.
At present, the promotion of collaborative cooperation between fuel cell enterprises and head main engine manufacturers has been strengthened. The first batch of commercial applications of hydrogen forklift have been realized in China, and orders have been released one after another.
From the perspective of market prospect, domestic logistics parks and ports with great efforts in emission reduction have begun to replace traditional diesel forklifts and lead-acid battery forklifts with hydrogen forklifts from north to south. It is expected that medium and heavy forklifts will be one of the main battle fields of hydrogen forklifts in the future. The sales volume is expected to rise rapidly in the next few years.
Policies help promote the application of hydrogen forklift
Fuel cell enterprises entered the hydrogen forklift market on a large scale, and the encouragement from the policy level further strengthened the confidence of enterprises in this field.
The administrative committee of Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone issued several policies on supporting the development of hydrogen energy industry last year, focusing on the promotion and application of fuel cell forklifts, and proposed to "give a purchase subsidy of 7000 yuan / kW for hydrogen fuel cell forklifts and a rental subsidy of 60% of the rent". This region is also the first region in China to give subsidies to fuel cell forklifts and build demonstration projects.
Daxing District of Beijing also made it clear in the Interim Measures for promoting the development of hydrogen energy industry in Daxing District (revised in 2022) (Exposure Draft) that the fuel cell forklift purchased by enterprises in the demonstration period of fuel cell vehicle demonstration urban agglomeration will be given financial support according to 10% of the vehicle purchase amount, and the maximum annual support fund for each vehicle shall not exceed 50000 yuan; Jiaxing also incorporated the pilot application of hydrogen forklift into its development plan of hydrogen energy industry in Jiaxing (2021-2035).
Relevant data show that at present, the number of forklifts in China is about 3.5 million, and the annual new sales is 600000, with electric forklifts accounting for nearly half. According to the replacement ratio of 10%, 350000 existing forklifts will be replaced, and about 60000 new forklifts will be added every year. According to the 200000 yuan of a single hydrogen forklift, the market scale of hydrogen forklift may reach nearly 10 billion every year.
"The forklift market is large enough and the operation scenario is highly intensive, which can easily solve the hydrogenation problem, realize mass promotion and bring development opportunities to fuel cells. It is expected that by 2023, the cost of fuel cell forklift will not only compete with traditional forklifts in the whole life cycle, but also be lower than traditional forklifts in procurement cost. There is great room for the development of hydrogen forklift in the future." Chen Haitao, chairman of new hydrogen power, said.
