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Ballard-powered fuel cell electric buses exceed 10M km of revenue service

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Ballard Power Systems fuel cells have powered buses for more than 10 million cumulative kilometers (6.2 Today Ballard FCveloCity engines are powering more than 80 buses around the globe: 41 in Europe, including Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland and the U.K.; million miles) of revenue service.

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Ballard signs fuel cell supply agreement with Solaris; initial order of 10 modules as range extenders for electric trolley buses

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Ballard Power Systems has signed a Long-Term Sales Agreement (LTSA) with Solaris Bus & Coach, a bus OEM headquartered in Poland, for the sale and supply of fuel cell modules to support deployment of Solaris fuel cell buses in Europe.

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€20M European research alliance focuses on liquid metals; energy applications

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Liquid metals are used in numerous industrial branches, for example, in steel and light metal castings, and are becoming increasingly significant for technologies such as new liquid metal batteries for energy storage, CO 2 -free hydrogen production, or the manufacture of solar cells.

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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Zap and Helion are part of a renaissance in fusion-energy R&D aimed at achieving practical fusion power using much more modest facilities than the vast International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) being built in southern France, at a cost estimated to be north of US $22 billion by the time it’s completed. percent U-235.

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??Why the World’s Militaries Are Embracing 5G

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The helmet lights up a flight path toward the spot, and the pilot receives new orders scrolling across the display: New Priority: SEARCH AND RESCUE. The most powerful weapon is useless without knowing where to aim it. In a war zone such a mission might be carried out by a relatively large UAV outfitted with serious processing power.

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??Why the World’s Militaries Are Embracing 5G

Cars That Think

The helmet lights up a flight path toward the spot, and the pilot receives new orders scrolling across the display: New Priority: SEARCH AND RESCUE. The most powerful weapon is useless without knowing where to aim it. In a war zone such a mission might be carried out by a relatively large UAV outfitted with serious processing power.

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