Some more fuel cell-related jobs are coming to the Rochester area. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the fuel cell vehicle company Hyzon Motors will grow its operations in Honeoye Falls and add about 100 employees over the next three years. Hyzon makes hydrogen fuel cell stacks used to power heavy commercial trucks.
The Asia-based company established its U.S. operations last year in Honeoye Falls and employs about 17 people. The new jobs means the existing 78,000-square-foot building on Quaker Meeting House Rd. will undergo an $8 million expansion. The company will get $1.6 million in tax credits through New York state’s Excelsior Tax Credit program; Monroe County and Greater Rochester Enterprise will also with the project.
The announcement comes on the heels of an announcement last month by another company, Plug Power, that will establish a hydrogen fuel cell operation in Henrietta, expected to create 377 jobs.
Matt Hurlbutt, president and CEO of Greater Rochester Enterprise, noted that General Motors used to have a fuel cell development operation in Honeoeye Falls several years ago, and there are still people with that expertise in the region.
“This goes back to the fact that GM was doing fuel cell research here as well as Delphi with support from our colleges and universities, and the talent that was here then is still here now, and in fact has grown as the innovation has moved along,” Hurlbutt said.
