The forklift industry has been one of the first sectors to demonstrate the viability and profitability of hydrogen and fuel cell technology for mobility, without grant support. Technologically, this type of vehicle has several advantages, such as the fact of a much higher productivity by eliminating the drawbacks when it comes to the change of conventional electric batteries -which are very heavy, the recharge time or the progressive performance loss that they show as they are running low on charge. On the contrary, hydrogen forklifts are refueled very quickly and offer maximum performance throughout the work shift.
Calvera, which had already manufactured small and medium-sized HRS focused on forklifts for the foreign market, demonstrates with this project that the company keeps on working at the forefront of innovation in the development of equipment that makes it possible to move towards a globalized consumption of hydrogen.
The Calvera Group is currently the only manufacturer of hydrogen refueling stations (HRS) in Spain and the main one in Southern Europe, a place that it has reached thanks to its high specialization in the design and manufacture of high-pressure hydrogen equipment, backed by more than 40 years of expertise.
The most recent achievement of the Zaragoza-based company represents a technological milestone in Spanish industry. It consists of the manufacture and deliver of the first hydrogen refueling station for cars at 700 bars in Spain (Madrid), which has also been internationally standarized by Calvera. This fact is one of the most complex steps of the project due to the applicable regulations and the enormous technical knowledge of hydrogen required.
