Plug Power GenDrive Global Manufacturing Center
Project of the Year
& Developer of the Year
Albany Business Review 2023
Plug Power GenDrive Global Manufacturing Center
Slingerlands, New York
Building
407,000 Technology
Services
Owner
Construction Management
The Plug Power GenDrive Global Manufacturing Center is a 350,000 SF (plus 57,000 SF Mezzanine) manufacturing, service and distribution facility for Plug Power Inc., a leading provider of clean hydrogen and zero-emission fuel cell solutions. The facility is located in the Vista Technology Park. Construction commenced March 2022 and was turned over to Plug Power in two (2) phases:
PHASE I
200,000 SF (plus 24,000 SF mezzanine) placed in service July 31, 2022
PHASE II
150,000 SF (plus 33,000 SF mezzanine) placed in service December 31, 2022
Features
• A 26-acre site, 300,000 SF high bay manufacturing center with 32’ clear height
• 50,000 SF, two-story office with 12’ ceilings
• Parking for 600 cars and 25 trailers
• 26 loading docks
• 1-acre laydown area
• Conventional steel building with insulated metal panel exterior walls
• Complete lighting protection system
• 100+ 4’ square skylights
• Clerestory windows in high bay
Learn more about the Plug Power Project
Founded in 1997 in Albany County, NY, Plug Power, Inc. created the first commercially viable market for hydrogen fuel cell technology, and as a result, has deployed over 50,000 fuel cell systems for e-mobility – more than any company in the world – and has become the largest buyer of liquid hydrogen, having built and operated a hydrogen highway across North America. Plug Power announced a partnership in 2021 with SK Group, one of the leading South Korean business groups, to accelerate hydrogen as an alternative energy source in Asian markets. Through this partnership, both companies intend to provide hydrogen fuel cell systems, hydrogen fueling stations, and electrolyzers to the Korean and broader Asian markets. Plug Power is also partnering with Europe’s second-largest automaker Renault Group of France to produce fuel cell-powered commercial trucks.
The GenDrive Global Manufacturing Center at Vista Technology Park will be used to expand production, warehousing and servicing of Plug Power’s GenDrive product line, which offers drop-in fuel cell solutions for class-1, class-2 and class-3 material handling electric truck fleets (fork trucks, pallet jacks, automated guided vehicles, etc.). Plug Power’s rapidly growing GenDrive customer base includes Amazon, BMW, FedEx, Walmart & Home Depot.