{"id":1200705,"date":"2020-08-10T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1032129"},"modified":"2020-08-10T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T13:30:00","slug":"fuel-cell-evs-become-more-common-in-heavy-industry-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1200705","title":{"rendered":"Fuel cell EVs become more common in heavy industry applications"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP), the company whose technology was adopted<\/a> by Anglo American Platinum at the Khomanani mine in South Africa, announced that its materials have powered fuel cell electric vehicles in commercial heavy- and medium-duty applications for more than 50 million kilometres on roads around the globe.<\/p>\n

In a press release, Ballard said that the figure represents an increase of over five times since 2017.  Approximately 70% of the more than 50 million kilometres has been achieved in FCEVs deployed in China, with the remaining vehicles deployed in Europe and North America. <\/p>\n

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Anglo American Platinum incorporated the technology into locomotives at its Khomanani mine in South Africa<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

According to the company, its proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology has been integrated into some 2,200 commercial trucks.<\/p>\n

In the case of Anglo American Platinum, the system was incorporated into locomotives at  Khomanani with the goal of having a more environmentally friendly and safer means of underground transportation, as well as greater energy efficiency than traditional rail transport.<\/p>\n

The miner also plans to rebuild more than 400 mine-haul trucks to use hydrogen fuel, with a pilot project starting next year at its open-pit Mogalakwena mine also in South Africa. A 3.5-megawatt electrolyzer will produce hydrogen on-site.<\/p>\n

Since Ballard\u2019s PEMFC stacks contain platinum as a catalyst, introducing the technology into Amplats\u2019 operations has been described as a win-win decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Anglo American, we believe that with platinum at its heart, a South African fuel cell industry would support the country\u2019s drive for jobs and help to meet its energy challenges,\u201d Cynthia Carroll, Amplats\u2019 chairperson, said last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Randy MacEwen, Ballard\u2019s president and CEO, highlighted the fact that decarbonizing heavy commercial vehicles has become a priority in many countries. \u201c[These vehicles] disproportionately contribute to transport emissions and have been difficult to abate \u2013 until now. The total addressable market for engines in these vehicles exceeds $130 billion annually,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ballard Power Systems said its technology has powered industrial fuel cell EVs for more than 50 million kilometres on roads around the globe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[369,2857],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1200705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1200705"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1200705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1200779,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1200705\/revisions\/1200779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1200705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1200705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1200705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}