IWR Renewables 22 Jul 2015 10:09
Translated from German to English in Google from IWR Renewables website, so not 100% if you can read German the link is at the bottom.
uchheim - To date, play diesel generators for emergency power supply at Deutsche Bahn still an important role, but soon they could belong to the past. For this, a cooperation of the subsidiary railway construction with the fuel cell specialist Proton Motor provides.
An agreement between the Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH and the DB Rail Construction Group GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, has now been signed. Specifically it comes to the sale and servicing of hydrogen fuel cell UPS systems for uninterruptible power supply.
Bahnbau sold Proton Motor Products
The railway construction is one of the leading full-service provider of rail infrastructure. Through the agreement, it is the railway construction is now possible to carry out the sale and installation of container solutions with fuel cell systems Proton Motor as an uninterruptible power supply application to the German Railways and third customers.
Hydrogen replaces diesel
With Deutsche Bahn is already found in the context of cooperation between the first major customers for the fuel cell based UPS systems. The German Railways is planning to replace the diesel generator emergency power supply through zero-emission fuel cell applications within the next year. The railway construction is responsible for plant design, installation and service of container solutions produced by Proton Motor.
Also commercially rewarding
The decision to replace the old diesel systems, based upon information from Proton Motor not only on environmental aspects, but also on commercial considerations. High maintenance costs of the old diesel equipment make the new fuel cell technology for DB facilities and commercially attractive, as the fuel cell specialist. In addition to DB, railway construction will provide the fuel cell solutions for non-clients in the IT, transportation or industry.
Milestone for Proton Motor
From the perspective of Faiz Francoise Nahab, CEO of Proton Motor, represents the cooperation represents a milestone for the company, which fits very well with the just made expansion of production and production capacity. "We've always had the intention to cooperate with experts as railway construction. The decision of the DB fuel cell UPS systems use to replace old diesel equipment is to be regarded as a milestone for the industry. , Which is very important for our industry not only in terms of environmental aspects, but also from commercial considerations, "said Nahab further.
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