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Ballard Announces Order From Wrightbus For 20 Fuel Cell Modules to Power London Buses
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nBallard Announces Order From Wrightbus For 20 Fuel Cell Modules to Power London Buses\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nVANCOUVER, May 13, 2019\n\n\n\nInitial U.K. cluster deployments under JIVE funding program Reflects increasing European momentum in fuel cells for heavy duty transportation applications VANCOUVER, May 13, 2019 /CNW/ - Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) today announced a purchase order from Wrightbus (www.wrightsgroup.com), a leading bus OEM and Ballard partner headquartered in Northern Ireland, for 20 FCveloCity®-HD 85-kilowatt fuel cell modules to power London buses under the Joint Initiative For Hydrogen Vehicles Across Europe (\"JIVE\") funding program. \n\n \n \n\n \nThese initial 20 double-decker buses – part of the 55 buses ultimately planned for the U.K. cluster under JIVE I – will be deployed on three routes with Transport for London (\"TfL\"), the city's transit agency. Deployment of these buses will support London's world-first Ultra Low Emission Zone initiative which was launched last month to improve air quality in the city. All the Ballard modules in this order are expected to ship by end-2019 and all related buses are expected to be deployed with TfL by end-2020. The JIVE funding program targets a total deployment of 291 fuel cell buses in more than 20 European cities.\n\"We are very pleased to provide fuel cell power modules to Wrightbus, as an important sign of continued progress in the deployment of zero-emission buses under Europe's JIVE program,\" said Rob Campbell, Ballard Chief Commercial Officer. \"Together with our 2018 announcements regarding Ballard modules for 40 buses in the German cluster as well as 5 for buses in Pau, France – all under the JIVE program – these new buses for London represent a tremendous vote of confidence in Ballard fuel cell technology and products.\" \nIn 2018 Ballard announced orders under JIVE for a total of 45 fuel cell modules to power buses to be deployed in two cities in Germany as well as in Pau, France. Ear...