After four years of R&D, a research team at Southwest Jiaotong University announced that it has developed China's first locomotive powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Named Blue Sky, the engine has 150-kW hydrogen fuel cells and two 120-kW motors. It can pull a load of 200 tons at 65 kilometers an hour powered by battery cells that can work for 24 consecutive hours after one full charge of hydrogen. The developers said the locomotive can be used for engineering and repair operations at train stations.

(Source: China Daily)