Brief description

GLOBE, a company based in Germany, offers IT-supported fuel cell (FC) systems for industrial trucks that enable real-time access to all performance and sensor data, thereby improving the interaction between the refuelling station, industrial trucks and operating processes as an overall system. These innovative FC systems based on artificial intelligence are therefore to be put into operation for the first time at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Düsseldorf and the operating processes optimised with FFZ. The level of technological maturity achieved through this operational implementation will create a new market for the product and satisfy existing needs in the logistics sector. In addition, the development of new providers will stimulate competition in the industry in order to increase the overall profitability of the FC FCs through economies of scale. The planned project aims to further develop the technological maturity (target TRL 7) of 80 V FC systems in FCs from different manufacturers. To this end, GLOBE's manufacturer-independent technology, which has already been tested in the laboratory, is to be further developed from a current TRL 5 under everyday conditions to such an extent that the emission-free operation of FCs in an overall system of "hydrogen-powered industrial trucks in intralogistics" can be optimised overall and a subsequent demonstration project can be prepared.

Duration: 01.10.2023-31.01.2025

Language: German

Funding organisation: Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs

Funding volume: € 165,307.00