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September 27, 2007 – Vol. 12 No.27 Plug Power and Ballard Power Systems to Receive $3.5 Million in US DoD Funding for Fuel Cell Power Systems Development. This funding, for the second phase of the collaboration, will facilitate delivery of systems to customers for validation of product requirements. Plug Power and Ballard have worked together since early 2006 on backup power applications that target the U.S. DoD and Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies. The companies will continue to work collaboratively on a modular and scaleable fuel cell system for use in telecommunication and other mission-critical backup applications. Prototype system trials are expected to be deployed in 2008 with both government and commercial customers. "Governments play a critical role in bringing technologies to market that provide economic, environmental and security benefits to society as a whole," said John Sheridan, Ballard's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Moving into the second phase of this collaboration with Plug Power illustrates how government, in the role of both investor and end customer, moves new technology forward." Sheridan continued, "Both phases are prerequisites for early stage commercialization of fuel cell solutions to provide customers with clean, reliable backup power." The award will be administered through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL), which focuses on the evaluation and installation of fuel cell power plants for stationary applications, including infrastructure, environmental, water resources and disaster operations. (9/26/07) Both companies build hydrogen fuel cell power systems.
Links: Ballard Power Systems http://www.ballard.com Plug Power http://www.plugpower.com
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