Cummins announced a new brand for its New Power business unit, dedicated to its zero-emissions products such has battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell technologies.
Accelera by Cummins will be led by president Amy Davis, who has led the New Power business since 2020.
In making the announcement, Cummins president/CEO Jennifer Rumsey said the company expected revenues from zero-emissions technology to come in between $6 billion and $13 billion by 2030. Current revenue, she said, is between $350 million and $400 million. The company has invested more than $1.5 billion in research and technology, capital, and acquisitions in the zero-emissions space.
Accelera zero-emissions solutions include hydrogen fuel cells, batteries, e-axles, traction systems, and electrolyzers, to sustainably power a variety of industries from commercial transportation to chemical production, according to the company, in applications such as buses, trucks, trains, construction equipment, stationary power, and carbon intense industrial processes.
The company announced two zero-emissions projects:
- Accelera by Cummins will supply a 90-megawatt proton exchange membrane electrolyzer system for Varennes Carbon Recycling’s plant in Quebec, Canada. The project, which will be the largest electrolyzer project Cummins has announced to date and a key step in advancing North America’s green hydrogen-based economy, will help turn non-recyclable waste into bio fuels and circular chemicals.
- Accelera and Blue Bird aim to power a new fleet of 1,000 electric school buses across the United States over the next 12 to 18 months. Production of the electric school buses will be significantly accelerated, more than doubling the zero-emissions school buses that the pair have put into operation since the start of production. With 1,000 new electric school buses on the road, 10,600 metric tons of harmful carbon emissions will be prevented annually.
