Clean energy fuel cell provider Ballard Power Systems recently secured a four-year, $6.2 million project in funding with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE); Ballard was also selected as a subcontractor to U.S. technology organizations funded by the DOE. Ballard’s subsidiary, Ballard Material Products, received $4.1 million as prime for a contract for modifications in fuel cell durability and cost.

Dr. Rod Borup is fuel cell program manager for Institute for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research at Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of Ballard’s project partners. Dr. Borup said Ballard’s partnership efforts with the DEO will help to accelerate commercialization of fuel cell technology.

“We are excited to be working with a technology leader such as Ballard Power Systems,” Dr. Borup stated in the press release. “This is important work in support of the DOE goal to move fuel cell technology closer to large scale commercialization. Our collaborations with Ballard

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YGE and its subsidiaries engage in the design, development, marketing, manufacturing, installation, and sale of photovoltaic (PV) products in the People’s Republic of China and internationally.

YGE’s products include multicrystalline polysilicon ingots and wafers, PV cells, PV modules, and integrated PV systems. YGE sells its PV modules under Yingli and Yingli Solar brand names to PV system integrators and distributors, as well as to installers, installers, and other value-added resellers. It also sells PV systems to mobile communications service