Introduction of 20 well-known fuel cell companies in the world

Now, all of a sudden the international market has a"fuel battery heat ".Fuel cell is regarded as one of the ultimate direction of new energy vehicles, and is an important part of motor power system energy diversification.China also pays more and more attention to the fuel cell technology research and development, and works on the related industry construction.

Throughout the world, however, fuel cell technology, Japan, Europe, America's auto giant technology especially, they have put some products on the market, and began to enter the initial commercialization stage.And fuel-cell cars, though China has obtained the certain development, but in the key technical level there are still a certain gap compared with foreign advanced level.

Therefore, car and arrange for you an overview of 20 well-known fuel battery company, understand the world in the development of fuel cell technology.

The European company (a total of seven)

A, AFCEnergy (AFC) energy company

1. Set up time: 2006

2. Address: surrey's langley

3. Main business: a commitment to the development of industrial application of alkaline fuel cell company, the world's leading low-cost alkaline fuel cell technology developers, is committed to the development of large-scale industrial application system.

4. Technical features: Alfa System hydrogen fuel cells, appointed GBInnomech design and build a set of automated production system for assembly of alkaline fuel cell.Each stack is composed of multiple layers, in sequence, the formation of hydrogen, air or potassium hydroxide electrolyte specific channels.

5. Development: an AFC is considered to be one of the best alternative investment market.Accumulated 10 years of experience in research and development, to create the most efficient alkaline fuel cell.

6. The latest development: an AFC energy dense planting with German engineering consultants co., LTD. Signed a cooperation agreement, support an AFC energy alkaline fuel cell system optimization and launch.Through allotment, subscribe and extended public offer way to raise 8.1 million pounds and Nora co., LTD. A joint development agreement.

7. Partners: dense planting co., LTD., Samyoung, ChangsingChemical, AkzoNobel

Second, Arcola Energy (al corazon energy company)

1. Set up time: 2010

2. Address: London, England

3. Main business: specializes in fuel cell technology, hydrogen and other clean energy systems engineering company.The company set up to solve technology development company is the purpose of clean energy systems and the gap between the end user demand.

4. Technical features: install a set of 75 kw fuel cell system, power supply for successfully Kirkwall ports.

5. Development: the development and deployment in the UK and other areas of the fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) is in the lead.

6. The latest development, is leading to the introduction of the FCEV British team, focus on commercial vehicles.

7. Partners: Power Cell, BOC, Proton Motor, Hydrogenics

Three, SFCEnergyAG (SFC) energy company

1. Set up time: 2000

2. Address: Brunnthal in Munich, Germany, has a production base in the Netherlands, Romania and Canada.

3. Main business: main products include direct methanol fuel cell, the power supply management components (converter, the first type power supply) and the coil, etc.The SFC award-winning products, in the oil and gas, security, and industrial and consumer market with a wide range of applications.

4. Technical features: the production of EFOY fuel cell technology is based on direct methanol fuel cell of a fuel cell, they make through a green catalytic technology of methanol into electricity, without any intermediate steps.EFOY fuel-cell generators to supply power at any time, and the storage capacity of the battery 3 to 10 times that of the solar system.

5. Development: stationary and portable power field mixed solution leader, has sold a total of more than 40000 groups of fuel cells, consumers and the industry around the world to successfully and protective equipment provides the high quality of high-tech products.

6. The latest dynamic: green with Beijing century technology co., LTD. (Green Century) signed business cooperation agreement.According to the agreement, the green century will sell and maintain energy SFC EFOYPro fuel cell as a reliable off-grid power supply, power for China's industrial off-grid equipment.

7. Partners: Green Century Beijing green century technology co., LTD

Four, Ceres Power

1. Set up time: 2002

2. Address: London, England

3. Main business: its products covering residential, data center, commercial power generation and automotive four applications, is committed to low-cost high-performance fuel cell product development.

4. Technical features: with its advanced technology for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and recognition, Ceres Power development of solid oxide fuel cells can use natural gas and biogas containing hydrogen, for low carbon fuel efficient generation of electricity.

5. Development degree: it is a new generation of leaders, low cost fuel cell technology, its unique Steel CellTM technology, derived from imperial college London, has been continuous research and development for nearly 16 years, has about 50 patents, it has advantage of high power density, low manufacturing cost.

6. The latest dynamic: in May 2018, Weichai power plans through subscribe part way through issuing shares, investment more than 4000 pounds, hold CeresPower20 % equity.At the same time, the two sides will jointly in Weifang joint ventures in China 2020 years ago, to promote the commercialization of the SOFC technology in the Chinese market.

7. Partners: Weichai power

Fifth, Intelligent Energy

1. Set up time: 1988

2. Address: based in the UK, and conduct business in the United States, Japan, India and China.

3. Main business: development of an efficient clean hydrogen fuel cell power system, fuel cell enterprises with fuel cell development experience.Its products can be used in the automobile, the fixed power and unmanned aerial vehicles (uavs) and a series of field.

4. Technical features: proprietary air cooling, fuel cells can provide lead similar power density of clean power, suitable for unmanned aerial vehicle (uav), cars, and the fixed power supply such as target market, used for fixed and portable application FCM800 series fuel cell module can provide 1 kw, 4 kw power output, the series is also a more optimized.

5. Development: in Meditor Group's Meditor Energy in October 2017, after the acquisition of the company, the company is experiencing a period of investment increasing, product supply expansion.

6. The latest dynamic: the hydrogen train to commercial operation in Germany.And rental and sales company of British engineering construction engineering co., LTD (TCP), Taylor supply air fuel cell modules for the construction industry, Intelligent Energy company will be responsible for the integration of the battery and test and evaluation.

7. Partners: Taylor construction engineering co., LTD. (TCP), SMILE

(Intelligent Energy company product photo)

Six, Nedstack

1. Set up time: 1997

2. Address: Dutch arnhem

3. Main business: an independent fuel battery manufacturers, the main production is the most versatile of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell, is applied to the backup power supply, lasting power, transport and alkali factory.

4. Technical features: 2 mwpem for value-added utilization of waste hydrogen fuel cell power station to produce 2 mw of clean electricity.

5. Development: is Europe's largest producer of the fuel cell, the company built in 2012 when the world's largest proton exchange membrane fuel cell, nedstack is one of the world's leading manufacturers of proton exchange membrane fuel cell.

6. The latest development: in 2016, akzo Nobel, MTSA Technopower (MTSA) and the Netherlands NedStack success delivered the world's first 2 mw proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell power station.2017, Nedstack and Dutch partners HyMove Huaxia with Chinese partners with dongfeng commercial vehicle signed a about development, construction, supply and application of a batch of 30 kw fuel cell prototype system.

7. Partners: HyMove, Dongfeng commercial vehicle, Huaxia, akzo Nobel, MTSA

Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (Nedstack company)

Seven, PowerCell

1. Set up time: 2008

2. Address: Sweden

3. Main business: fixed and mobile application of fuel cell electric pile and system development and manufacturing, development and production of powered by hydrogen fuel cell stack and system, and produce no emissions of electricity and heat except water.

4. Technical features: the company production of fuel cell electric pile of high power density, electric reactor and system design is compact, modular and extensible, so you can easily implement customized according to customer's demand.Power Cell MS - 100 is based on the PowerCellS3 mobile application system.The compact design make it easier to integrate into the different types of vehicles.In addition, the fuel cell electric pile and system components that are suitable for mass production.

5. Development: fixed and mobile is the world's leading fuel cell electric shocks, system development and the manufacturer.

6. The latest development: in 2018, Power Cell S3 fuel cell electric pile and MS - 100 fuel cell system received a big order from automotive OEM, orders worth more than three million Swedish crowns, delivered is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2018.

7. Partners: Hexagon Composites, NelASA

Asian companies, a total of five)

A, TOSHIBA (TOSHIBA) energy systems and solutions company

1. Set up time: October 1, 2017 from the split of Toshiba corporation

2. Address: port area of Tokyo has sustained in pu

3. Main business: committed to the implementation of hydrogen production of hydrogen economy make full use of renewable energy to achieve zero carbon emissions.Is currently working to develop technologies and products, will help in all situations more effectively hydrogen production, storage, transportation and use.

4. Technical features: Toshiba in Japan launched Dynario methanol fuel cells (DMFCS Direct Methanol Fuel Cell,), as long as methanol into the device, it will automatically generate electricity.Generating electricity to charge a built-in lithium ion electron, or through the USB interface and the USB output the same dc 5 v, but Dynario provide current slightly a little bit small, only about 400 ma.Dynario methanol within the capacity of the machine itself has 14 ml, can provide about two cell phone battery charge.

5. Development: DFC power plant at present, the company products have been produced in the world more than 50 points ultra clean, efficient and reliable electricity.Company has more than 1.5 billion kilowatt-hours of super clean electricity, and has more than 300 megawatts of power generation capacity.

6. The latest dynamic: in May 2018, Toshiba (Toshiba ESS) energy systems and solutions company, announced that they have in Hokkaido kushiro city with sutra rock valley company cooperation demonstration project.

7. Partners: Iwatani

Second, Panasonic (Panasonic)

1. Set up time: 1918

2. Address: Japan Osaka city gate

3. Main business: fuel cell field

4. Technical features: the work principle of solar hydrogen power generation device, research a kind of catalyst (light), solar power generation technology using our proprietary photocatalyst technology and renewable energy, namely when sun exposure to the light catalyst, hydrogen and oxygen by water electrolysis.

5. Development: in September 2013, and Germany to jointly develop the viessmann group the first set of domestic fuel cell system.In 2015, Panasonic and Tokyo gas company jointly developed for single-family residential household fuel battery "ENE - FARM" of new products.The product by the Tokyo gas from April 1, 2015 to start selling.

6. The latest dynamic: "energy and environment, the new technology pioneers" (Energy and Environment New technology Pioneer Program)

7. Partners: the gas company in Tokyo, Japan, Germany, the viessmann group

(Panasonic notebook fuel cell)

Third, Doosan (Doosan group)

1. Set up time: 1896

2. Address: Seoul, South Korea, Europe offices located in Essen, Germany, America office is located in New Jersey.

3. Main business: on the basis of the fuel cell technology is constructed from power generation to the residential areas in the field of a full set of production line, the main products include power generation in fuel cells, and building with a fuel cell and residential use fuel cells.

4. Technical features: fuel cell for electricity generation is to start the empty set type of no pollution and no noise of fuel cell power plant, for residential, commercial and industrial park, stable supply, environmental protection, such as electricity and heat energy.Residential use in city gas as fuel, fuel cells and the production and supply of electricity and hot water supply equipment, are highly efficient, environmental protection scattered power fuel cell systems.Building fuel cell installed in commercial buildings, factories, such as data centers, hospitals and universities, improve its self-sufficiency rate of energy use, is also a stable power supply the power failure.

5. Development: by 2017, doosan group's fuel cell order has more than 1 trillion won ($878 million, 878 million yuan).

6. The latest dynamic: in May 2017, doosan companies to invest 40 billion won (about $36 million, 238 million yuan) on the yi mountain city land cholla-bukdo build fuel cell production factory, and held completion ceremony on May 23.The factory to produce 63 megawatts of South Korea's annual output maximum fuel battery factories.

7. Partners: SkodaPowe

(Doosan group used in fuel cells)

Fourth, the Horizon (Qing new energy technology co., LTD.)

1. Set up time: 2003

2. Address: global headquarters in Jiangsu Zhangjiagang

3. Main business: all kinds of different industries and fuel cell electric energy solutions and products.Horizon has been committed to commercialise sub - kW fuel cell solution, the solution of hydrogen consumption less, therefore less dependent on the presence of hydrogen station infrastructure to succeed in the market.

4. Technical features: the Horizon itself made "from micro to many kilowatt" of proton exchange membrane fuel cell, and choose an on-demand hydrogen storage and production methods (including hydrolysis and electrolysis) of the solution.Technology platform mainly consists of three parts: the PEM fuel cell (micro fuel cell and stack) and its materials, hydrogen supply (electrolysis, reforming and hydrolysis) and hydrogen storage and stress related equipment.

5. Development: currently has five international subsidiary, in 65 countries of the fuel cell industry to provide customers the most extensive business product selection.

6. The latest dynamic: a container shipments to south Korean Ulsan type 200 kw fuel cell system, become a UTP project the first phase of the fuel cell suppliers.Horizon recently announced rugao to build a new production facilities in China, design production capacity of 30 mwpem fuel cells.

7. Partners: Ulsan technology, Toyota

(Horizon company micro fuel cell)

Fifth, Gen Cell Energy

1. Set up time: 2011

2. Address: Israel peta PetahTikva Mr. Watt

3. Main business: the main industrial hydrogen fuel cell company, focused on fuel cells, hydrogen, to power, alternative energy and green energy, ammonia.

4. Technical features: a kind of ammonia decomposition, can at a low energy consumption rate and the cost-effectiveness than liquid ammonia can be converted to hydrogen.Its GenCellA5 power solution is through the use of a cheap and easy to use liquid fuel ammonia to release the energy of the fuel cell, for the power companies, schools, water purification, such as the provision of zero emissions, reliable sources of energy.GenCellG5 and G5rx power solution has high reliability, the company's patented technology to make its alkaline fuel cell on telecommunications, utilities, homeland security, health care and automation industry are very practical.

5. Development: with the global distribution and support network, with unique intellectual property rights, including patents, trade secrets and special knowledge on trial.

6. The latest dynamic: June 5, 2018, released GenCellA5 Gen Cell Energy off-grid power supply solutions, this is the world's first economic and practical alternative of diesel generator.Can be ordered now, is expected to be put into commercial delivery in the second quarter of 2019.

7. Partners: not clear

Company (Gen Cell Energy fuel cell figure)

American company (eight)

A, Bloom Energy (bloom energy)

1. Set up time: 2001

2. Address: Orleans Drive sunnyvale, California, USA road 1299

3. Main business: development of fuel cells, as a kind of more clean and cheap alternative energy options.

4. Technical characteristics: the solid oxide fuel cell technology, based on its proprietary Bloom Energy server by electrochemical process converts fuel into electricity, no burning, its efficiency is any kind of power solutions in the world today.For modular design - similar to a building block, any number of systems can be gathered in different configurations, formed from hundreds of kilowatts to tens of megawatts of solution.Each server to produce 200 to 300 kilowatts of electricity, energy consumption of electricity equivalent to about half of the standard of 30 feet container.Bloom solution: all-weather, 24 x7 clean energy.Household micro power plant the size of a mini refrigerator BloomBox center is a solid oxide fuel cells, they are flat, is the size of glass ceramic plate, with a secret coating.

5. Development: SOFC (solid oxide fuel cell) area of the largest start-up, the household BloomBox scale version in 2010 was unveiled on February 24, since the summer of 2009, it has been running on eBay headquarters.

6. Latest news: on June 13, 2018, the company has with the securities and exchange commission (SEC) publicly filed A registration statement about FormS - 1, content involves its class A common stock of the initial public offering (IPO).

7. Partners: Wal-mart, Google, and fedex

(solid oxide fuel cell figure)

Second, Fuel Cell Energy

1. Set up time: 1969

2. Address: research and development department and the monitoring center is located in danbury, Connecticut north American manufacturing torrington in Connecticut.Asian manufacturing located in South Korea's posco

3. Main business: one of the world's leading integrated fuel cell company, its design, manufacture, operation and service in direct fuel cell power plants (a molten carbonate fuel cell), electrochemical way from a series of basic fuels including natural gas and biogas generate electricity and heat.For the global energy supply, capture and storage to provide clean, innovative solutions, products are mainly serving the electric power industry, and commercial enterprises, government agencies, etc.

4. Technical features: mainly engaged in the study of stationary fuel cells, the main products are can be used for power generation, cogeneration and distributed generation of MCFC.

5. Development: mainly engaged in the study of stationary fuel cells, the main products are can be used for power generation, cogeneration and distributed generation of MCFC.Products are mainly in the service of electric power industry, and commercial enterprises, government agencies, etc

6. The latest dynamic: not clear

7. Partners: the United States government agencies and POSCO gas-centred

(Fuel Cell Energy company main product photo)

Three, UTCPower (united technologies dynamics)

1. Set up time: 1958

2. Address: the United States Connecticut south Windsor

3. Main business: the main production building, bus, car fuel cells using fuel cells.It also developed a fuel cell andspecials for the space application, its fuel cells can provide on-site power generation, transportation,special and defence application power supply, at the same time the company also develop renewable energy solutions as well as the cold and hot electric installations, the system used in the distributed energy market.

4. Technical features: UTCPower fixed phosphoric acid fuel cell products are PureCell model system.The fixed fuel cell system with 400 kilowatts of electricity and the quantity of heat of 1.7 million kilowatt/hour.UTC energy fuel cell system using natural gas, natural gas in the catalytic conversion conert to hydrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and water.Hydrogen is used to run four fuel cell stack to generate electricity, power plants will then heat to be recycled in the exhaust, and the potential of waste into usable energy.

5. Development: 19 countries on six continents UTCPower company design, manufacture and installation of more than 300 fixed fuel cells.The plant has more than 9.4 million hours of fieldwork, produced more than 1.6 billion kilowatt-hours of energy, enough to provide year-round power for nearly 140000 households.United technologies power company has 50 years of experience in innovation, is the world's leading fuel battery manufacturers.

6. The latest dynamic: not clear

7. Partners: cooperate with BMW, Hyundai, Nissan, and the U.S. department of energy

Four, PlugPower (Prager company)

1. Set up time: 1999

2. Address: New York, USA Delaware Latham968AlbanyShakerRoad.

3. Main business: engaged in the design, development, manufacture and sales of fuel cell system for material handling forklift suppliers, main product is used for fuel cell system Gen Drive PEMFC forklift.

4. Technical features: proton exchange membrane fuel cells and fuel processing technology and fuel cell/battery hybrid technology.

5. Development: today, integrated system of fuel cell larger business around the world.Be Food Logistics 2018 best green supplier list, the list is the only committed to promoting the global food supply chain upgrade publications.

6. The latest dynamic: focus on Gen Drive orders mainly, namely material handling forklift truck applications.

7. Partners: Ballard, gas supplier BASF, Air Liquide, nestle, Walmart, Fedex.

Fifth, AtrexEnergy (terry), energy company

1. Set up time: in 1999 to create a research and development department, was established in 2015 as an independent company.

2. Address: Massachusetts Walpole

3. Main business: the fuel cell.

4. Technical features: the fuel cell based on the unique tubular solid oxide fuel cell technology, the use of traditional energy and renewable energy, its efficiency is higher than the routine use of natural gas and propane as the fuel of conventional power generation products.Each pipe the output of a fuel cell increased 120 times, and developed the peak power output more than 10 kw of SOFC, moreover also has 18 patents of innovation.

5. Development: since 2000, Atrex Energy has invested more than $100 million on research and development and utilization of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) remote generators.

6. The latest dynamic: Atrex Energy announced they obtain financial support from the us department of energy (DOE), used to develop a new set of fuel cell power generation system, the power of the system is three times that of existing products.Ceramic fuel cells use oxygen radicals as part of the hybrid electric vehicle

7. Partners: ascender Energy

Six, Hydrogenics Corporation hydrogen power company

1. Set up time: 1948

2. Address: hydrogen company is located in mississauga, Canada, the production base is located in Germany, Belgium and the United States.Representative offices in the multinational.

3. Main business: based on the water electrolysis technology and proton exchange membrane technology to design, develop and produce hydrogen gas power generation, energy storage and fuel cell products.

4. Technical features: the hydrogen is the design, manufacture, construction and installation of industrial and commercial hydrogen power, fuel cell and hydrogen mw level global leader in energy storage solutions.Industrial production and fuel hydrogen filling station with motor;Electric vehicle hydrogen fuel cells, such as for urban truck, forklift, etc.;Independent power plant and uninterrupted power supply with the fuel cell device;Hydrogen storage system integrated solar energy and wind power generation system, so as to adjust the latter electricity trough and peak.

5. Development: in the design, manufacture and installation of commercial system, fuel cell and hydrogen megawatt energy storage solutions has more than 60 years experience in the field of global leaders.

6. The latest dynamic: June 25, 2018 for the first high-speed ships with fuel cells

7. Partners: not clear

(fuel cell system)

Seven, Ballard company (Ballard)

1. Set up time: 1979

2. Address: based in Vancouver, Canada

3. Main business: committed to the development and production of automotive fuel battery, fuel cell technology in the field of PEMFC is a pioneer company in the world.Proton exchange membrane fuel cell products (including fuel cell stack), modules, and system design, development, manufacturing and services, focusing on the commercial market (telecom standby power, material handling and engineering services) and market development phase (bus, distributed generation and continuous power supply, etc.).

4. Technical features: aims to provide high value clean energy solutions to meet our customers' demand, in order to reduce operating costs to provide excellent performance.

5. Development: the world's largest fuel battery company, ballard became the first bus provide accumulative total more than 10 million kilometers fuel cell company revenue service.More than 400 mw of PEM fuel cell products, 2017 annual production of 6000 units of fuel cell and 644 power module.The bus drove more than 12 million kilometers

6. The latest dynamic: on July 3, 2018, ballard fuel cells obtained from AFCC assets to support the growth of the plan

7. Partners: Anglo American Platinum (British and American platinum industry), Zhongshan Broad - Ocean Motor Co., Ltd (Zhongshan Byrd Marine motor co., Ltd.), Nisshinbo Group, United Technologies Corporation (UTC) (united technologies company)

Eight, Nuvera (Mr Navarre) hydrogen fuel cells

1. Set up time: 2000

2. Address: bill in America - in Massachusetts

3. Main business: focus on fuel cell system technology and product research and development, the hydrogen production and distribution systems, and to provide clean energy solutions company.Our business covers the hydrogen production, hydrogen purification, the compression of hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cell manufacturing, in the United States and Italy has assembly factories and test center respectively.The hydrogen and fuel cell power supply products to achieve high efficiency, safety and productivity.

4. Technical characteristics: the product in the first to use metal plate as base, open flow design, and durability is famous for its low cost.

5. Development: over the years has been committed to the development of hydrogen fuel cells and performance improvement, there are more than 500 hydrogen fuel cell related patents.

6. The latest development: the Massachusetts bay transportation authority (preferred) started using Nuvera hydrogen station, the first stop in Massachusetts hydrogen fuel cell bus through the national fuel cell bus project by the free trade agreement.

7.Partners: Fincantieri, Hyster capital and Yale financial services company.

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