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In March, Food Logistics, the only publication exclusively dedicated to covering the movement of products through the global cold food supply chain, awarded Plug Power\u2019s Chief Strategy Officer, Sanjay Shrestha, a winner of its 2021 Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award<\/a>. The Food Logistics Rockstar of the Supply Chain award launched in 2015 and an individual from Plug Power has been named several years to the list for their effort in driving innovation within the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under Shrestha\u2019s leadership, in June 2020, Plug Power closed the acquisitions<\/a> of two companies involved in producing and transporting green hydrogen, United Hydrogen and Giner ELX, positioning Plug Power to transition to zero-carbon hydrogen solutions. These vertical integrations are in line with Plug Power\u2019s green hydrogen business strategy, and in fact has allowed Plug Power to recently increase green hydrogen generation targets to 500 tons per day by 2025 and 1,000 tons per day before 2028. Working with partners, Plug Power has continued to make progress on moving multiple plants forward with expected completion of two green hydrogen generation plants by the end of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Food Logistics\u2019 Assistant editor Mackenna Moralez and Sanjay Shrestha, Chief Strategy Officer, Plug Power sat down to do a video interview<\/a> to discuss the importance of sustainability and the future of green supply chains. Here are a few excerpts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the importance of fuel cells in logistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe needed to keep running. If our system doesn\u2019t work, the food on the table everybody was buying to stock up during the pandemic [wouldn\u2019t get there]…we couldn\u2019t afford that. During this pandemic, another point that became very clear was reinforcing the value proposition of the product we talk about. Productivity gain, uptime…our systems were operating at over 99% uptime, even while customers like Walmart were seeing, like peak demands, surges in demand driven by all the things we\u2019ve been talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On consumer perspective<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis pandemic changed consumer behavior a bit. It brought a lot of attention to not just the benefit of what our product brings to the table,… but growing companies while making sure we\u2019re taking care of people, taking care of the environment, taking care of the climate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On what\u2019s next<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are trying to take that one step further. We\u2019re going from low carbon to zero carbon solutions, which is why we are looking to build a green hydrogen network, first of a kind, that is going to be a very resilient green hydrogen network in the U.S.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe hear that same sustainability feedback from some of our largest customers. We\u2019re trying to do what is right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plug Power is very proud that the hard work we\u2019re doing to build the green hydrogen economy has been recognized through Sanjay Shrestha\u2019s Rock Stars of the Supply Chain award. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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