Ballard Power Systems
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Ballard Power Systems Template:Tsx Template:Nasdaq, located in Burnaby, British Columbia, a suburb of Vancouver, is a company that has been developing, manufacturing, and marketing zero-emission proton exchange membrane fuel cells.
Some of the work performed by Ballard has included commercializing:
- fuel cell engines for the transportation market
- electric drives for both fuel cell and battery-powered electric vehicles
- power conversion products for fuel cell generators
- microturbines and other distributed generation technologies
- fuel cell systems for markets that include
- portable power products; and
- larger stationary generation products.
Fuel cell technology can be incorporated into automobiles, buses, electrical equipment, portable power and stationary products, to reduce their environmental impact.
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Competitors
Ballard is not the only company developing fuel cell technology. Competitors in this market include:
- Hydrogenics (TSX: HYG)
- Plug Power (Nasdaq: PLUG)
- FuelCell Energy (Nasdaq: FCEL)
- UTC Fuel Cells (formerly International Fuel Cells), a unit of United Technologies (NYSE: UTX)
- Fuel Cell Technologies (TSX Venture Exchange FCT)
Divisions
Note: This list is not complete!
- XCELLSIS Fuel Cell Engines
See also
External links
- Official site (http://www.ballard.com)
- Is Ballard a breaker? (http://www.fool.com/portfolios/rulebreaker/2000/rulebreaker000607.htm)