Power systems manufacturer, Cummins Inc, based in Columbus, Indiana, has announced it is to receive substantial government funding for its hydrogen programmes.

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced the availability of up to USD2.2bn in competitive grant funding for transit systems able to demonstrate additional pandemic-associated needs.

The e-truck company has been awarded USD2m for research into integrated autonomous fuelling systems designed to speed up refuelling of heavy-duty hydrogen vehicles.

The government will provide GBP23m to incentivise uptake of hydrogen technologies as it predicts that demand for hydrogen in the heavy commercial vehicle sector could total 6TWh by 2030.

The money will be awarded to fund the purhcase of fully- and hybrid-electric vehicles and the installation of requisite charging/fuelling infrastructure.

The money has been awarded as part of the Scottish Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme, providing support for the purchase of low and zero-emission buses and associated infrastructure.

The California Fuel Cell Partnership has requested that the Californian government provide support for its ambitious plan to put 70,000 hydrogen trucks and 200 hydrogen stations on the road by 2035.

The Department of Energy is funding research into batteries, autonomous vehicles, lightweight materials, and emissions reduction.

Shell has started production of green hydrogen using what it claims is Europe’s largest aPolymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) electrolyser at its Energy and Chemicals Park Rhineland in Wesseling, near Cologne, Germany.

Forsee Power Services is a new division from Forsee Power that offers a range of services to facilitate the energy transition of communities, transport operators and bus manufacturers.

The European Council has adopted the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility 2.0 programme, worth EUR33.71bn, which is now administered by CINEA to fund the development of high-performing, sustainable infrastructure in transport, digital and energy.

Cummins Inc, through its UK subsidiary, Cummins Turbo Technologies Ltd, is to lead a consortium focused on decarbonising heavy-duty powertrains in a UK-government and industry funded project, called TRIDENT.