Hydrogen partnership between Ballard Power Systems and battery manufacturer Forsee Power
Ballard Power Systems and battery manufacturer Forsee Power have agreed a strategic partnership to jointly develop integrated fuel cell battery solutions for heavy-duty mobility applications such as buses, trucks, trains and ships.
Ballard says it will supply the fuel cell system and associated control units, while Forsee will provide the battery system and battery management, cooling system and high-voltage DC/DC converters to the partnership.
Ballard CEO Randy MacEwan says: “Today, OEM customers typically procure the various pieces of the fuel cell and battery powertrain separately, and then need to integrate them together. By offering pre-designed and fully optimised and integrated fuel cell-battery solutions to our customers, we expect to ease implementation friction points.”