ABB signs MOU with HDF to produce MW-scale systems to power ocean-going vessels

摘要

Swiss-based engineering multinational ABB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with French hydrogen technologies specialist Hydrogene de France (HDF), for close collaboration on the assembly and production of MW-scale fuel cell power plants for marine applications, in particular for powering large ships. The new partnership builds on ABB's two-year-old collaboration with Canadian-based Ballard Power Systems, a leading global provider of PEM fuel cell solutions [FCB, July 2018, p4], and will see ABB and HDF optimise fuel cell manufacturing capabilities to produce a MW-scale power plant for marine vessels. The new system will be based on the MW-scale fuel cell power plant jointly developed by ABB and Ballard, and will be manufactured at HDF's new facility in Bordeaux.