Ballard Power Systems, 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.

Contents

1 Competitors 2 Divisions 3 See also 4 External links

Competitors

Ballard is not the only company developing fuel cell technology. Competitors in this market include:

• Plug Power (Nasdaq: PLUG)
• FuelCell Energy (Nasdaq: FCEL)
• International Fuel Cells 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

Fuel Cell Bus Club

External links

• Official site (http://www.ballard.com)
• Is Ballard a breaker? (http://www.fool.com/portfolios/rulebreaker/2000/rulebreaker000607.htm)