News from e4engineering.com, 12 February 2004, in Home:
MesoFuel, Inc has been awarded a contract by Vehicle Projects LLC of Denver, Colorado to design and manufacture the hydrogen generator for the largest fuel cell-powered vehicle ever built, a 109 metric ton, 1 MW locomotive.
The five-year project was conceived by Vehicle Projects and is scheduled for completion by 2008. Objectives of the project are to develop the fuelcell locomotive by retrofitting an Army diesel-electric locomotive with a fuelcell powerplant; demonstrate the locomotive in a non-military application; and facilitate commercialisation of fuelcell power for rail transportation.
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