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About Protonex Technology Corporation Protonex Technology Corporation develops and manufactures compact, lightweight and high- performance fuel cell systems for portable power applications in the 100 to 1000-watt range. The Company’s fuel cell systems are designed to meet the needs of military, commercial, consumer and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers for off-grid applications underserved by existing technologies by providing customizable, stand-alone portable power solutions and systems that may be hybridized with existing power technologies. The Company is based in Southborough, Massachusetts.

The following excellent article was originally published on 18 November, 2008. By the Institue fur Kraft Fahr Zuge in Aachen, Germany. It is such an accurate and complete summary of my own research that I present it. The only difference I would have is an editors note I added near the bottom. I disagree that this technology is 4 years away from major market penetration. I believe it is imminent. -Editor The Rest Published in the Road2 hy .com . The application of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen technologies to the industrial and commercial markets takes the form of co-generation or tri -generation systems . Systems available today have total powers in the range 100kW to 2-3MW (higher power, modular, systems are possible but have not been installed) and produce electricity, heating and, sometimes, cooling. Most quoted efficiencies are 70-80% overall and 45-50% electrical, suggesting that co-generation using Fuel Cells will yield significant reductions in GHG emissions. In developed countrie...

Hydrogenics is a fuel cell specialist: They have offices in a number of Countires HQ is Canada. This is the US office Hydrogenics USA 27201 Tourney Road, Suite 201 Valencia, CA, USA 91355 Phone: 661.253.2593 Fax: 905.361.3626 OnSite Generation - turnkey hydrogen generation systems for a full range of hydrogen applications. Power Systems - fuel cell power products, with particular focus on fully integrated power modules and fuel cell hybrid power packs. At Hydrogenics we are focused on offering customers the best hydrogen and fuel cell products by leveraging our proprietary technologies across select target markets. We have positioned Hydrogenics as the “Hydrogen Go To Company” by offering a comprehensive suite of products with a range of technology choices that meet the needs of both hydrogen energy and industrial hydrogen customers. Hydrogenics' products offer solutions for today’s hydrogen applications: onsite hydrogen generation systems: modular HySTAT™ hydrogen generation s...