Benzinga | Apr 19, 2021 08:36AM EDT

Ballard To Power Sierra Northern Railway Switching Locomotive In California

Ballard Power Systems (TSX:BLDP) (NASDAQ:BLDP) today announced the Company's plans to provide fuel cell modules to Sierra Northern Railway (Sierra; www.sierranorthern.com) -- the freight division of privately-owned Sierra Energy Corporation, operating in Northern California -- to power a zero-emission switching locomotive. A purchase order for the fuel cell modules is expected to be issued by Sierra by mid-year 2021. The pilot program will be partially funded by a $4-million award from the California Energy Commission.