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Introduction Applications Reforming and Storage
Fuel Cell Manufacturers
Chapter 7 - Fuel Cell Manufacturers

Companies by Technology Type

Stack Components

Fuel Reformers/Processors & Components

Integrated Fuel Cell Systems

Sales, Installation, Distribution and Services

Electrolyzers

Fuel Cell Electronics & Test Equipment

Hydrogen Storage

Utilities, Energy Distribution

Hydrogen Sensors

Electronic Drive Trains

Industrial/Commerical Hydrogen Supply

Other


COMPANIES BY TECHNOLOGY TYPE

Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM)

  • Anuvu Incorporated
  • Avista Labs: residential & small commercial
  • Ballard Power Systems: pressurized PEMs for vehicles: up to ~85kW, portable and stationary PEMs
  • Dais-Analytic: 1W - 2 kW, membranes
  • DCH Technology, Inc.: 12W-5kW
  • New Energy Partners, L.P.: stationary applications
  • General Motors: automotive, stationary
  • H Power: 35W-1KW, PEM stack with Metal Hydride Alloy or H2 gas cylinder storage
  • H2 ECOnomy: PEM fuel cell stack and components developer and manufacturer
  • Hydrogenics: backup power for cellular towers, GM partner
  • Manhattan Scientifics Novars: ambient pressure PEMs for electric bicycles
  • Mitsubishi Automotive
  • Novars GmbH
  • Nu Element, Inc.: 1kW - 200 kW
  • Nuvera Fuel Cells: 0.7KW-60KW
  • Plug Power Residential
  • Proton Energy Systems, Inc.: Electrolyzers and Regenerative Fuel Cell Systems
  • Schatz Energy Research Center: automotive, portable
  • Siemens AG
  • Teledyne Energy Systems
  • UTC Fuel Cells: transportation, residential, light commercial
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Direct Methanol (DMFC)
  • DTI Energy, Inc.
  • Energy Ventures, Inc.: methanol crossover technology
  • Manhattan Scientifics: micro fuel cells for personal electronics
  • Mechanical Technologies, Inc.: miniature DMFCs for cell phones, laptops
  • Medis Technologies, Inc.: miniature DMFCs for cell phones, laptops
  • NuVant Systems
  • Smart Fuel Cell GmbH
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Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC)
  • Acumentrics: small tubular SOFCs
  • Altair International: SOFC electrolyte
  • Ceramic Fuel Cells, Ltd. Australia
  • Honeywell: "planar solid oxide fuel cell" hybrid system
  • McDermott Technology, Inc.
  • NexTech Materials, Ltd
  • Siemens Westinghouse
  • Sulzer Hexis Ltd Switzerland
  • Ztek Corporation
  • Developing the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Fact Sheet PDF-113KB
  • Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Project Fact Sheet PDF-114KB
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Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells (MCFC)
  • FuelCell Energy, Inc. Danbury, CT.: 250 kWh+.
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Alkaline Fuel Cells (AFC)
  • Astris Energi Inc.
  • International Fuel Cells: space applications
  • ZeTek Power Plc UK
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Regenerative Fuel Cells
  • Energy Conversion Device: automotive
  • Hydrogenics: backup power for cellular towers
  • Proton Energy Systems, Inc.
  • Eco Soul: educational/demonstration device
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Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cells

  • UTC Fuel Cells
  • Electrochem, Inc.
  • Toshiba
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Zinc-Air Batteries

  • Electric Fuel Corporation (EFCX)
  • Metallic Power
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STACK COMPONENTS

Membranes, Electrodes, Membrane Electrode Assemblies (MEA), Stack Plates

  • 3M
  • Altair International Inc.: ceramic oxide fuel cell membranes and reactive catalyst support structures
  • dmc² (Degussa Metals Catalysts Cerdec AG)
  • Celanese: High temperature (200°C) MEA based on polybenzimidazole(PBI) membrane, see also this PDF for more information.
  • Dupont: Nafion® membranes for PEMs
  • E-TEK, Inc.: fabrication of state-of-the-art gas diffusion electrodes and high performance catalysts
  • H2 ECOnomy: PEM fuel cell stack and components developer and manufacturer
  • Johnson Matthey: Membrane Electrode Assemblies, Membranes
  • Markinter Co.: cathode material for SOFC and MCFC
  • W.L. Gore & Associates: membranes, MEAs for PEM fuel cells

Graphite (for flow field plates, support structures, electrodes)
  • UCAR International Inc.
  • SGL CARBON

Catalysts

  • BASF: catalyst for NECAR 5 fuel cell car
  • Catalytica
  • Johnson Matthey
  • Superior MicroPowders, LLC: ultra-low-platinum-containing electrocatalysts

Other

  • Vairex: Fuel Cell Air Management

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FUEL REFORMERS/PROCESSORS & COMPONENTS
  • Analytic Power
    • Ammonia Cracker
    • Hydrocarbon Fuel Processor (HFP)
  • Catalytica with McDermott Technologies
  • dmc² (Degussa Metals Catalysts Cerdec AG): fuel processor catalysts
  • Hydrogen Burner Technology, Inc. (HBT)
  • HydrogenSource
  • Nu Element, Inc.: part-load performance and quick response when accommodating changes in the fuel cell power output
  • Nuvera Fuel Cells
  • Wah Chang: thin foil based metal membrane technology for the separation of high purity hydrogen from mixed gas streams
  • Wellman CJB UK
    • PEM hydrogen generator
    • WCJB Proton Purifier

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INTEGRATED FUEL CELL SYSTEMS
  • H Power: residential, PEM stack with Metal Hydride Alloy or H2 gas cylinder storage
  • IdaTech
  • International Fuel Cells
  • Nuvera Fuel Cells
  • Plug Power: residential
  • Third Orbit Power Systems: Integrating fuel cells, renewables and hydrogen - Product development and contract research
  • XCELLSiS: fuel cell engines for vehicles

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SALES, INSTALLATION, DISTRIBUTION, SERVICE
  • Caterpillar: distributor of FCL fuel cells
  • GE MicroGen: HomeGen 7000 –
  • PLUG fuel cells, also microturbines have power distributor, installer and servicer of fuel cells in the Mid-Atlantic Region
  • HPOW based systems for telecom towers
  • LOGANEnergy Distributor for UTCFC PAFCs
  • Onsite Power Systems, Inc. Solid waste to gas digesters integrated with IFC/ONSI PAFCs
  • Sure Power high reliability systems for computer centers

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ELECTROLYZERS
  • GL&V Hydrogen Technologies Montreal
  • Hydrogen Systems N.V. Belgium
  • Norsk Hydro
  • Proton Energy Systems, Inc.
  • Stuart Energy Systems
  • Tathacus Resources Ltd. selective generation of ortho- and parahydrogen
  • Teledyne Energy Systems
  • Waterflame Thailand

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FUEL CELL ELECTRONICS & TEST EQUIPMENT

  • Advanced Measurements Fuel cell test stands
  • Agile Systems Inc. Stationary Power Processing System, In-Vehicle Parasitic Load Reduction
  • Arbin Instruments custom-designed fuel cell testing systems
  • Electrochem, Inc. test equipment, electrodes and membrane-electrode-assemblies
  • Fuel Cell Technologies, Inc.
  • Greenlight Power Technologies testing and diagnostic equipment
  • H2 ECOnomy PEM fuel cell stack and components
  • Hydrogenics Automotive Grade Short Stack Fuel Cell Test Station
  • Inverpower Inverters, Power Supplies
  • Lynntech Fuel Cell Test Systems
  • SatCon Technology Corporation
  • Scribner Associates Computer Controlled Fuel Cell Test Loads
  • Xantrex

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HYDROGEN STORAGE

  • Dynetek Industries Ltd. composite storage cylinder for compressed hydrogen
  • Energy Conversion Devices
  • Ergenics, Inc. metal hydride alloys
  • Gesellschaft fur Elektrometallurgie
  • Hydrogen Components, Inc. metal hydride systems for H2 storage, compression and purification
  • IMPCO Technologies, Inc. Compressed hydrogen tanks for automakers
  • Millennium Cell Sodium Borohydride/Ruthenium Catalyst reaction
  • Powerball Technologies, Inc.
  • QuestAir hydrogen separation & purification

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UTILITIES, ENERGY DISTRIBUTION

  • Avista Corp. PEMs for residential use
  • DQE
  • DTE
  • Enbridge
  • IDA
  • Southern Company- H2 from coal

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HYDROGEN SENSORS

  • Agilent Technologies
  • Capteur Sensors & Analysers Ltd UK
  • DCH Technology, Inc.
  • Fuel Cell Safety Systems
  • GE Syprotec Transformer monitoring and management systems, instruments, services
  • Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc.

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ELECTRIC DRIVE TRAINS

  • Ecostar
  • Enova Systems

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INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL HYDROGEN SUPPLY

  • Air Liquide
  • Air Products
  • Hydrofuel Industries
  • Hydrogen Systems N.V. on site production
  • Praxair
  • Shell Hydrogen

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OTHER

  • EA-RTH Systems hydrogen as a combustion enhancement in internal combustion engines
  • Startech synthesis gas from garbage

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