Rolls-Royce plans to produce green hydrogen at its business unit Power Systems’ headquarters in Friedrichshafen within the next few years and use it to test its mtu hydrogen engines and fuel cell systems on its test benches.

Rolls-Royce and Netinera have signed a contract for the complete overhaul of up to 180 mtu PowerPacks. The contract runs until 2032 and provides for the complete overhaul of PowerPacks based on mtu Series 183 engines using the so-called Reman process. Netinera uses these PowerPacks in regional trains of the type Siemens Desiro (VT 642).

The Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems has developed a sliding bearing for its mtu engines that reduces their fuel consumption by 1%. That achievement has won it the Environmental Technology Prize awarded by the Ministry for the Environment in the state of Baden-Württemberg.

Rolls-Royce's Power Systems business unit now presents itself to the world with a reorganized brand architecture.

Fuel cell technology for future energy and propulsion systems.

Rolls-Royce with its Power Systems business has set up a new organisational unit 'Power Lab' to focus on innovative and net zero carbon drive and energy solutions.