Ballard Power Systems

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Ballard Power Systems Inc.

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legal form Incorporated
ISIN CA0585861085
founding 1979
Seat Burnaby , CanadaCanadaCanada 
management Randy MacEwen ( CEO )
Number of employees 514 (end of 2018)
sales 96.6 million US dollars (2018)
Branch Fuel cells
Website www.ballard.com
As of November 1, 2019

Ballard Power Systems Inc. is a Canadian manufacturer of fuel cells based in Burnaby near Vancouver , British Columbia .

history

Ballard Research Inc. was founded by Geoffrey Ballard in 1979 and renamed to its current name some time later. Ballard has been developing fuel cell technology since 1983. In 1993 the first bus powered by fuel cells based on hydrogen technology was presented. In 2001 the first product was offered on the market.

In addition to fuel cell stacks, the core components, other subsystems for energy conversion have been developed. In 2005 the systems business was taken over by DaimlerChrysler and Ford as part of a joint venture . The NuCellSys GmbH in Nabern (formerly Ballard Power Systems AG ) was given the task of developing fuel cell drives for series production. However, the integration of the fuel cell drive into the vehicle is made difficult by numerous technical boundary conditions. In 2009 Daimler AG took over Ford Motor Company's 50% stake in NuCellSys GmbH. NuCellSys GmbH is 100% a subsidiary of Daimler AG.

The company concentrated on the further development of fuel cells and electric drives for fuel cell vehicles. 2002, the company got a contract to supply the drives for 30 fuel cell buses from Mercedes-Benz that the project CUTE (Clean Urban Transport for Europe) / ECTOS (Ecological City Transport System) in Amsterdam , Barcelona , London , Luxembourg , Madrid , Reykjavík , Stockholm , Stuttgart and Hamburg were tested in practice from 2003 to 2006. Three more vehicles each were used in Beijing and Perth . Since the start of the project in 2003, these Mercedes-Benz Citaro BZ buses have carried over 4 million passengers .

After the end of the CUTE program, the fuel cell buses will only run in Hamburg (nine vehicles, since the former buses for Stuttgart and Stockholm were relocated here), Amsterdam and London in 2007. The Hamburger Hochbahn has proven its CUTE fuel cell buses in the summer of 2010 out of service and has entered into a new project, the "German SauberBus" 2011th

In 2013 and 2015, Ballard signed an agreement with Volkswagen AG on the sale of patents.

In 2018 Ballard concluded a strategic partnership with the Chinese company Weichai Power. Weichai acquired a 19.9 percent stake in Ballard for $ 163 million. As part of this partnership, Weichai and Ballard want to serve the Chinese market with fuel cells for buses, trucks and forklifts.

Projects since 2018

Ballard supplies fuel cells for buses from the Belgian manufacturer Van Hool and the Polish manufacturer Solaris , among others , and use in trains from the Mireo series from Siemens is also planned from 2021. At the end of 2019 Ballard received an order for fuel cells for use in large dump trucks from the Anglo American mining company . Ballard Power Systems Europe, based in Hobro ( Denmark ), develops and produces fuel cells for use in ships.

Ballard works with Audi to develop fuel cells for cars. The development partnership is contractually agreed until at least 2022.

In addition to drives for vehicles, fuel cell systems are manufactured for installation in 19-inch standard housings, which are considered an alternative to conventional technologies such as batteries or generators , with the aim of realizing uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and emergency power units . In January 2020 Ballard announced that it would supply systems for the emergency power supply of cellular base stations in Germany in cooperation with the companies AdKor and SFC Energy . In a first tranche, Ballard is supplying 500 fuel cell stacks. A system for cellular base stations has been installed in Norway since 2019, ensuring an off-grid power supply for up to 72 hours. In addition, fuel cell systems for drones are being tested, which, compared to pure battery operation, should allow significantly longer operating times with little dependence on the outside temperature.

Competitor

According to Handelsblatt , Ballard Power Systems is the world market leader in the fuel cell industry. Competitors include:

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Investor Presentation. Ballard Power Systems, November 1, 2019, accessed February 10, 2020 .
  2. ↑ ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM (page 27). Ballard Power Systems, March 6, 2019, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  3. ^ Investor Presentation (page 63). Ballard Power Systems, November 1, 2019, accessed February 10, 2020 .
  4. ^ The Fuel Cell System Company. Mercedes-Benz Fuel Cell GmbH, January 1, 2019, accessed on February 9, 2020 .
  5. ↑ The fuel cell hybrid bus : Future in Hamburg. HOCHBAHN Blog, December 14, 2014, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Ballard Power sells patents to VW - Ballard shares explode , February 12, 2015
  7. ↑ China: Weichai becomes the largest shareholder in Ballard. electrive.net, August 29, 2018, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Weichai-Ballard procures FC components from Canada. electrive.com, December 17, 2019, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Van Hool builds 40 hydrogen buses for Cologne and Wuppertal transport companies. Van Hool, February 28, 2018, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Fébus: First H2 express bus system in operation. electrive.net, December 18, 2019, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Bozen buys twelve hydrogen buses from Solaris. IWR, June 3, 2019, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Fuel cells: Siemens commissions Ballard Power. electrive.com, November 15, 2017, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Ballard Receives PO From Anglo American for 900kW of Fuel Cell Modules to Support Mining Truck Demonstration Project. PR Newswire, October 29, 2019, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Ballard receives order for fuel cell propulsion from Mining Truck. IWR, October 29, 2019, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Ballard to produce FC modules for ships in Denmark. electrive.net, April 4, 2019, accessed on March 28, 2020 .
  16. ↑ LH2 Vessel Liquid H2 concept Validation for Efficient, Scaled and Stacked FC Electric Power Systems. energiforskning.dk, March 25, 2020, accessed on March 28, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Ballard udvikler maritim brændselscelle i Hobro. energiforskning.dk, accessed on March 28, 2020 (Danish).
  18. ↑ Audi accelerates the development and construction of fuel cell vehicles. electrive.net, May 3, 2019, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Ballard Signs ESAs for Fuel Cell Stacks to Support Backup Power Systems at German Radio Towers. Ballard Power Systems, January 13, 2020, accessed February 9, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Fuel Cells: The Better Backup Power Solution for Scandinavia. H2 View, March 25, 2020, accessed on March 28, 2020 .
  21. ↑ UAV Fuel Cells Tested in Cold Weather Conditions. Unmanned Systems Technology, December 30, 2019, accessed February 10, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Handelsblatt: Stock exchange investments: How worthwhile are hydrogen stocks really? Handelsblatt, February 8, 2020, accessed on February 29, 2020 .