PowerCell Group collaborates with Hitachi Energy, Port of Gothenburg, Skanska, Volvo Group and Linde Gas to enable sustainable power production and demonstrate the next step towards greener port operations. The partners have together developed a flexible hydrogen-electric solution that produces emission-free power to drive an electric excavator.

PowerCell Group, a global leader in hydrogen-electric solutions with unique fuel cell stacks and systems, has partnered with Hitachi Energy, a global technology leader in promoting sustainable energy, to develop a new product called HyFlex™. The product is a flexible container solution that can be used in a wide range of applications for emission-free power production. HyFlex uses a 100kW hydrogen fuel cell from PowerCell in combination with batteries to generate power independently of the grid without emitting greenhouse gases when using green hydrogen.

During a demonstration from March 4th to 17th at the Port of Gothenburg, HyFlex provided power to an electric excavator from Volvo Construction Equipment. Linde Gas, the world’s largest industrial gas company, provided green hydrogen for the production. For the partners, all of whom are leaders in hydrogen technology and infrastructure development, the demonstration aims to show that the technology is ready and can replace current fossil fuel-driven solutions with sustainable hydrogen-electric solutions in commercial applications.