Ballard receives fuel cell system order for deployments in digicel network

Vancouver, Canada - Ballard Power Systems announced that it has received an order from Precision Power & Air (PP&A) - the Company's Caribbean distributor - for 13 ElectraGen

This is the second tranche of Ballard methanol-fuelled systems ordered for Digicel, which will bring the total systems deployed at critical sites around the Caribbean island of Jamaica to 25. The initial fuel cell systems ordered have been successfully operating in Digicel's network for more than two years.

Digicel has over 14 million customers across its 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific regions. The company is renowned for delivering "best value, best service and best network." PP&A is responsible for deployment as well as ongoing servicing and fueling of fuel cell systems in Digicel's Jamaica network.

The majority of these newly ordered backup power systems will be sited at rooftop base station locations. Ballard's ElectraGen

Source: IWR Online, 30 Sep 2014