Canadian Pacific Kansas City places order for Ballard fuel cells

Over the past two years, Ballard has supplied CPKC with 20 fuel cell engines for use in three different types of locomotives, with combined fuel cell power of 4 MW. These locomotives have been undergoing field testing in 2022 and early 2023 with successful results.

Further development on range across temperature variations, heavy hauling, fine tuning auxiliary load to avoid waste and increased number of hours on current and additional units, will support continued technological evolution. The success of these trials, combined with the need to achieve CPKC's emissions goals, has resulted in the significant expansion of the original hydrogen locomotive programme.

Dr. Kyle Mulligan, AVP Operations Technology, said: "Our hydrogen locomotive programme has the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from locomotive operations, supporting the transition to a lower-carbon future in the freight rail sector."

Seungsoo Jung, Ballard's Vice President of Rail & Emerging Markets, said: "We are thrilled to support our partner, CPKC, as they expand their development of fuel cell-powered locomotives to decarbonise critical transportation routes. Our teams have been working hand-in-hand to ensure success of this programme and we are excited for the future with CPKC to help scale their growing hydrogen fleet."

Read the article online at: https://www.globalhydrogenreview.com/hydrogen/31072023/canadian-pacific-kansas-city-places-order-for-36mw-of-ballard-fuel-cells/