Developers of Fuel Cells (Worldwide)

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The following businesses, institutes and organizations are involved in development of fuel cell stacks with links to web sites and note of technology type.

Acumentrics Corporation, Massachusetts, USA (SOFC)

Advanced Measurements Inc., Alberta, CANADA (Fuel Cell Testing Systems)

Anuvu Incorporated, California, USA (PEM)

Apollo Energy Systems, Inc., Florida, USA (AFC)

Arbin Instruments, Texas, USA (Fuel Cell Testing Systems)

Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA (PEM, MCFC and SOFC)

Asia Pacific Fuel Cell Technologies, California, USA (PEM, Hydrogen Storage)

Astris Energi, Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA (AFC)

Azienda Energetica Municipale (AEM spa Milano), Milano, ITALY (PAFC)

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Colorado, USA

Ballard Power Systems, Inc., British Columbia, CANADA (PEM)

BCS Technology, Inc., Texas, USA (PEM)

Case Western Reserve University, Ernest B. Yeager Center, Ohio, USA (PEM)

Celanese AG - Frankfurt, GERMANY (High Temperature MEAs)

Celsius, Malmo, SWEDEN (PEM)

Ceramatec, Utah, USA (SOFC)

Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd., Victoria, AUSTRALIA (SOFC)

CMR Fuel Cells Limited, Cambridge, UK (DMFC)

Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, SPAIN (PEM, MCFC, SOFC)

CoorsTek, Colorado, USA (Ceramic fuel cell components)

Coval H2 Partners, California, USA (PEM)

CSIRO Energy Technology, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

DAIS Corporation, Florida, USA (PEM)

DE NORA s.p.a., ITALY (PEM)

Desert Research Institute, Nevada, USA (PEM, PAFC)

Draeger Safety, Colorado, USA (PEM)

EBARA Ballard Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN (PEM)

EBZ - Dresden, GERMANY (SOFC)

Electric Power Research Institute, California, USA (PAFC and MCFC)

Electrocell - Sao Paulo, BRAZIL

Electro-Chem-Technic, Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM (PEM, PAFC)

ElectroChem, Inc., Massachusetts, USA (PEM)

Element 1 Power Systems Inc., California, USA

Elf Atochem North America, Pennsylvania, USA (PEM)

Emprise Corporation, Georgia, USA

Energia Ltd., Virginia, USA

EnergyOr Technologies Inc., Quebec, CANADA (PEM)

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., Michigan, USA (RFC)

Energy Visions Inc., Ottowa, Ontario, CANADA (DMFC)

Esoro AG, Faellanden, SWITZERLAND (PEM)

ETH Materials, Zurich, SWITZERLAND (SOFC)

eVionyx, New York, USA (Metal-Air FC)

Federal Energy Technology Center, West Virginia, USA (MCFC and SOFC)

FEV Motorentechnik GmbH, GERMANY (PEM, SOFC)

Florida Solar Energy Center, Florida, USA (PEM)

Forschungszentrum Julich, GERMANY (DMFC, SOFC & PEM)

FuelCell Energy, Connecticut, USA (DFC)

Fuel Cell Resources Inc. - Georgia, USA (PEM membranes)

Fuel Cell Systems - West Sussex, UNITED KINGDOM (AFC)

Fuel Cell Technologies, Ltd., Ontario, CANADA

Gas Technology Institute, Illinois, USA (MCFC, PAFC, , PEM and SOFC)

Gaskatel GmbH, Kassel, GERMANY (AFC & PEM)

Gaz De France, La Plaine, FRANCE (PAFC, PEMFC, SOFC)

GE Energy and Environmental Research Corp., California, USA (PEM, MCFC, SOFC)

GreenVolt Power Corporation, CANADA (AFC)

Hitachi Works, Ibaraki, JAPAN (MCFC)

Hoku Scientific, Hawaii, USA (PEM)

HTceramix - Lausanne, SWITZERLAND (SOFC)

H-Tec - Wasserstoff-Energie-Systeme GmbH, Luebeck, GERMANY (PEM)

Hydro Quebec Research Institute, Quebec, CANADA

Hydrocell U.K., UNITED KINGDOM (AFC, PEM)

Hydrogenics Corporation, Toronto, CANADA

Hydrovolt Energy Systems, California, USA (SOFC)

ICP-CSIC, Madrid, SPAIN

ICTP-CSIC, Madrid, SPAIN (PEM)

ICV-CSIC, Madrid, SPAIN (SOFC)

IdaTech, Oregon, USA (PEM)

InnovaTek, Inc., Washington, USA

Ion Power, Inc., Delaware, USA (PEM)

Japan Automobile Research Institute, Inc., JAPAN (PEM)

JLG Industries, Pennsylvania, USA (PEM)

Korea Institute of Science and Technology, KOREA (PEM, MCFC, SOFC, DMFC, DFAFC (direct formic acid)

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, California, USA (PEM)

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, USA

Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA (PEM)

Lund Institute of Technology, Lund, SWEDEN (SOFC)

Lynntech, Inc., Texas, USA (PEM)

Manhattan Scientifics Inc., New Mexico, USA (PEM)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts, USA (PEM, SOFC)

Materials and Electrochemical Research Corporation, Arizona, USA (PEM)

Materials and Systems Research, Inc., Utah, USA (SOFC)

McDermott Technology, Inc., Ohio, USA (PEM, SOFC)

Medis Technologies, ISRAEL (PEM)

Metallic Power, California, USA (ZFC)

Microcell, North Carolina, USA (PEM)

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, JAPAN (PAFC)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Inc., New York, USA (PEM & SOFC)

MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, GERMANY (MCFC)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ohio, USA (regenerative FCs)

National Aerospace Laboratory, JAPAN (PEM)

National Fuel Cell Research Center, California, USA

National Renewable Energy Lab, Colorado, USA (PEM)

Netherlands Energy Research Foundation, NETHERLANDS (PEM, MCFC and SOFC)

NexTech Materials, Ltd., Ohio, USA (PEM & SOFC)

NuVant Systems, Inc., Illinois, USA (PEM, DMFC)

OMG Corp., Michigan, USA (PEM)

Ontario Hydro Technologies, Ontario, CANADA (SOFC)

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Washington, USA (PAFC, MCFC and SOFC)

Pivotal Power, Nova Scotia, CANADA (Fuel Cell Components)

Plug Power, LLC, New York, USA (PEM)

Powerzinc Electric, Inc., CA, USA (Zinc/Air)

Protonex Technology Corporation, Massachusetts, USA (PEM)

Proton Energy Systems, Connecticut, USA (PEM, Regenerative)

Proton Motor GmbH - Starnburg, GERMANY (PEM)

Refrac Systems, Arizona, USA

ReliOn, Washington, USA (PEM)

Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, DENMARK (SOFC)

Rocky Mountain Institute, Colorado, USA (PEM)

Sandia National Labs, New Mexico, USA

Schafer Corporation, California, USA (PEM)

Schatz Energy Research Center (SERC), California, USA (PEM)

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation, Pennsylvania, USA (SOFC)

South Coast Air Quality Management District, California, USA (PAFC, PEM)

Southeastern Technology Center, Georgia, USA (PEM)

Southern States Power Co., Louisiana, USA (PEM)

Southwest Research Institute, Texas, USA (PEM)

Sulzer Hexis Ltd., SWITZERLAND (SOFC)

TATA Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), INDIA (MCFC)

Technology Management, Inc. (TMI Systems), Ohio, USA (SOFC)

Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc., Maryland, USA (Fuel cell testing, PEM, Hydrogen generation)

TNO Energy & Environment, Apeldoorn, NETHERLANDS (PEM)

Toshiba Corporation, Yokohama, JAPAN (PAFC and PEM)

Toyota Motor Corporation, JAPAN (PEM)

United States Department of Energy (main), Washington D.C., USA (PAFC, PEM, MCFC and SOFC)

United States Department of Energy (Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Technologies), Washington D.C., USA (ALL)

United Technologies Research Center (UTRC), Connecticut, USA (PAFC and PEM)

UTC Power, Connecticut, USA (PAFC and PEM)

Voller Energy, Hampshire, United Kingdom (PEM)

VTT Chemical Technology, FINLAND (PEM)

Warsitz Enterprises, California, USA (PEM)

Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Georgia, USA (PEM, SOFC)

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, USA (PEM)

ZSW, Center for Solar Energy & Hydrogen Research, Ulm, GERMANY (PEM, MCFC and SOFC)

Ztek Corporation, Massachusetts, USA (SOFC and Hydrogen Reformers)

 

 

 

 

Useful Phone Numbers

National Alternative Fuels Hotline
1-800-423-1DOE

Energy Efficiency/ Renewable Energy Clearinghouse
1-800-DOE-EREC

Fuel Cells 2000
(202) 785-4222

The U.S.Fuel Cell Council
(202) 293-5500