South Africa's first hydrogen fuel cell forklift
4 April 2016 | SouthAfrica.info
South Africa's hydrogen fuel cell industry received a boost on 31 March with the unveiling of a prototype hydrogen fuel cell forklift and refuelling station at Impala Refining Services in Springs, east of Joburg.
A first for South Africa: a prototype hydrogen fuel cell forklift and refuelling station is unveiled at Impala Refining Services in Springs on 31 March 2016. (Image: Department of Science and Technology, Twitter)
Over the past three years, Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats) has provided HySA Systems with funds of R6-million to enable the prototype development. Implats plans to use hydrogen fuel cell technology as its main source of energy for material handling and underground mining equipment.
Impala Refining Services is a unit of Implats, one of the world's foremost producers of platinum and associated platinum group metals. The refining services unit was created in July 1998 as a dedicated vehicle to house the toll refining and metal concentrate purchases built up by Implats.
Speaking at the event, Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor said fuel cell technologies had the potential to provide access to affordable, safe, clean and reliable energy, which was necessary for broad-based economic development and growth in the country.
"That's what we are here to make. A bold move. A forklift may appear to be a small move. But great industries have developed from small moves." -Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor
"While the fuel cell market is still in its infancy in South Africa, recent developments indicate a growing appetite for the technology," Pandor said...snip
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Apr 1, 2016:Thursday, the minister of the Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor unveiled the first prototype of a hydrogen fuel cell forklift and a refuelling station at Impala Platinum in Springs in the East of Johannesburg. The department of Science and Technology (through the HySA systems Centre of Competence at the University of the Western Cape) and Impala Refining Service joined forces in developing this prototype.
Mmboneni Muofhe is Deputy Director-General: Technology Innovation at the Department of Science and Technology, joins us from our Pretoria studios.
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