INTERNATIONAL: Alstom has acquired Cummins’ hydrogen fuel cell activities dedicated to rail, including the engineering, product and support capabilities used in Alstom’s hydrogen train fleets.
Alstom said it was ‘committed to providing sustainable rail alternatives for networks where electrification is prohibitively expensive’, and ‘while battery technology has advanced considerably, hydrogen trains remain an important solution to replace diesel trains on long-haul, non-electrified lines’.
On April 2, Alstom EVP & Chief Operating Officer Danny Di Perna said ‘bringing these hydrogen fuel cell activities into Alstom gives us the capabilities we need to support reliability growth and maintenance for our installed fleet and to conclude the development of our contracted programmes’.
Cummins told Railway Gazette International it had completed the sale of the Hydrogenics entity and associated assets, all regulatory approvals had been obtained and ‘we remain focused on supporting employees, customers and partners through the transition’.
