Here’s news that involves material handling, green technology and New Pig’s home state of Pennsylvania.

Wegmans Food Markets will use $1 million from the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) to convert from electric pallet jacks and reach trucks to hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles at its Pottsville, Pennsylvania service center. The grant will help with installing an outdoor hydrogen storage tank and indoor fueling dispensers.

Wegmans will use 50 pallet trucks and 9 stand-up reach trucks from Lift Inc. in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Lift Inc. will install fuel cells in the vehicles. Wegman will expand use of hydrogen fuel cells at Pottsville through 2012.

Interestingly, another company, GENCO Supply Chain Solutions, is buying the fuel cells for Wegmans using federal stimulus money, because the economy derailed a number of GENCO’s own projects.

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By Keith

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