** U.S.-listed shares of fuel cell maker Ballard Power
Systems BLDP.O up 4.8% at $3.66
** BLDP wins multiple orders totaling 177 hydrogen fuel cell
engines from Solaris Bus & Coach
** Ballard expects limited initial deliveries of the 177
fuel cell engines in 2023, with the remainder to ship from 2024
through 2026
** Ballard also received orders for a further 50 modules to
power Solaris fuel cell buses in Germany and Italy
** Co says number of engines ordered by Solaris year-to-date
now exceeds 270, representing substantial growth over the more
than 140 fuel cell city buses that Solaris has deployed with
customers in Europe to date
** BLDP down ~24% so far this year
(Reporting by Arunima Kumar in Bengaluru)
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