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Ballard announces orders for 40 fuel cell modules in European market
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Ballard announces orders for 40 fuel cell modules in European market\n \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 Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC,\n \n Nov. 4, 2021\n \n /CNW/ - Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP) (TSX: BLDP) today announced orders for a total of 40 FCmove\n \n TM\n \n -HD (70kW) modules for planned deployment in hydrogen fuel cell electric buses (\"FCEB\") across\n \n Europe\n \n in 2022.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n These FCEBs are being deployed in\n \n France\n \n ,\n \n Germany\n \n , and the UK.\n \n \n Rouen,\n \n France\n \n is deploying their first fleet of zero-emission FCEBs powered by Ballard fuel cell technology, and Pau,\n \n France\n \n is expanding their existing Ballard powered FCEB fleet. There are now four French cities with Ballard fuel cell buses in service or development.\n \n \n The area of\n \n Frankfurt, Germany\n \n is also expanding the number of zero-emission FCEBs powered by Ballard fuel cell technology. There are now six German cities with Ballard fuel cell buses in service or development, an increase of three cities since last year.\n \n \n \n Brighton, England\n \n is the first UK municipality of its kind to have a publicly stated zero emissions goal by 2030, for its fleet of nearly 500 buses.\n \n Brighton's\n \n initial order of 20 FCEBs is the first phase of FCEB development, with supportive funding from the JIVE program and the UK's Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme.\n \n \n Nearly 160 hydrogen FCEBs powered by Ballard are now in service across\n \n Europe\n \n , an increase of over 80% since\n \n October 2020\n \n . There are approximately 150 fuel cell modules currently on order with Ballard to support the deployment of an additional 150 FCEBs in the European market, inclusive of the announcement today.\n \n \n \"The hydrogen fuel cell bus market momentum continues to accelerate throughout\n \n Europe\n \n . In only twelve months, we have expanded from 10 into over 25 cities, across 10 European countries,\" said\n \n Oben Uluc\n \n , Ballard's Director, European Sales. \"With ...