Ballard Power / WKN: A0RENB / ISIN: CA0585861085

Kann das sein??? Gestern gabs noch einen (wieder) aktiven Thread, wo es um aktuelle Neuigkeiten ging und heute sind alle Threds zu Ballard gelöscht???? Ist das irgendeine Geheimhaltungsmaßnahme oder was? Unglaublich...

 

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Heute +6% schon...  

Ballard Power Systems was up 5% yesterday. Last week it hosted its analyst day in New York City with management and many key customers and partners highlighting increased momentum for the company. Management has successfully reinvented the company through a tough transition in 2007 through early 2010. The company is now focused on four key markets: Backup power, fuel cell buses, materials handling and distributed generation.

Ballard continues to aggressively target cost reductions while targeting higher margin opportunities such as buses, which are expected to drive results in 2011. With a 12-month order book at $35 million and continued market tailwinds, the 30% y/y revenue growth guidance appears conservative.

While somewhat speculative in nature, Ballard Power provides a good opportunity to invest in the proliferation of fuel cell technology in various end markets over the long term, with the key areas of focus on near-term commercial markets, including backup/supplemental power, materials handling, and distributed generation.  

http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/...f-life-at-ballard-power  

?Strong growth - revenue up 39%, product shipments up 104%, order book up 54%
?Cash reserves of $74.4 million, with no bank debt

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/08/c9181.html  

NEW YORK, March 14, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Clean Edge, Inc. announced today the results of the semi-annual evaluation of the NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index (Nasdaq:CELS), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, March 21, 2011.

The following 14 securities will be added to the Index:Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:AATI), Active Power, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACPW), Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), Amtech Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASYS), Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:BLDP), Codexis, Inc. (Nasdaq:CDXS), Capstone Turbine Corporation (Nasdaq:CPST), EMCORE Corporation (Nasdaq:EMKR), FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCEL), Gevo, Inc. (Nasdaq:GEVO), JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS), SemiLEDs Corporation (Nasdaq:LEDS), China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (NYSE:MY), and Valence Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:VLNC).

The Index is designed to track the performance of clean-energy companies that are publicly traded in the U.S. The Index includes companies engaged in the manufacturing, development, distribution, and installation of emerging clean-energy technologies such as solar photovoltaics, biofuels and advanced batteries. The five major sub-sectors that the index covers are Renewable Electricity Generation, Renewable Fuels, Energy Storage & Conversion, Energy Intelligence and Advanced Energy-Related Materials. The securities must also meet other eligibility criteria which include minimum requirements for market value, average daily share volume, and price. The NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index is evaluated semi-annually in March and September. For more information about the NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index, including detailed eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.

The NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index is the basis for the First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund (Nasdaq:QCLN), which seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of the NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index before fees and expenses.  

Waste-to-Energy Demo Planned With Ballard Fuel Cells & Hydrogen From Waste Processing

?Hydrogen will be recovered from processing of municipal solid waste
?Fuel cells will generate power locally, using hydrogen as fuel

VANCOUVER, March 15 /CNW/ - Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD) (NASDAQ: BLDP) has partnered with GS Platech (www.gsplatech.co.kr), a subsidiary of GS Caltex, one of South Korea's largest petroleum refiners, to demonstrate waste-to-energy power generation using zero-emission fuel cells and hydrogen produced from processing of municipal solid waste.

GS Platech's pilot plant in Cheongsong, South Korea is capable of treating five tons of organic solid waste per day using plasma gasification technology and producing sufficient high purity hydrogen to generate 50 kilowatts (50kW) of clean power. Ballard will supply a fuel cell generator that will be fuelled by this hydrogen, based on its Dantherm Power DBX5000 technology.

"While conventional waste combustion - such as garbage incineration - can lead to the discharge of carcinogenic pollutants, our technology drastically reduces emissions," said Young Suk Kim, Vice-President of GS Platech. "This could certainly open another very promising application for hydrogen fuel cell technology."

"Plasma gasification plants are another good source of high quality hydrogen, in addition to hydrogen-producing chemical operations, such as chlor-alkaline plants," said Michael Goldstein, Ballard's Chief Commercial Officer. "On a larger scale, this solution can produce a significant amount of electricity that could be sold back to the grid."

This will be the first demonstration of a waste-to-energy solution incorporating these technologies together. Upon successful demonstration of the solution, GS Platech intends to further promote it to new customers worldwide. The treatment of municipal solid waste is a growing problem in many nations, including Asia Pacific countries with particularly high population densities such as China, India, Korea, Japan and Singapore. This solution can potentially allow municipalities to address two key environmental issues in tandem - environmentally responsible waste treatment as well as clean power production.

This project is undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada provided through the Department of the Environment, under the framework of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (www.asiapacificpartnership.org). The Asia-Pacific Partnership is a group of public and private sector partners focused on expanding investment and trade in cleaner energy technologies in key market sectors.  

08:48 18.03.11


Daimler: Mercedes-Benz baut eigene Fertigung von Brennstoffzellenstacks in Kanada auf

Stuttgart (aktiencheck.de AG) - Der Automobilkonzern Daimler AG (Profil) teilte am Donnerstag mit, dass Mercedes-Benz in Kanada die Produktion von eigenen Brennstoffzellenstacks aufbauen wird. Damit bündelt man die Entwicklung und Produktion einer der wichtigsten Komponenten für Elektrofahrzeuge mit Brennstoffzelle am Standort Vancouver.

Den Angaben zufolge ist die Gründung der neuen Produktionsstätte unter dem Dach von Mercedes-Benz Kanada die logische Konsequenz erfolgreicher Zusammenarbeit von Daimler mit Partnern am Standort Vancouver. Die Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation (AFCC) in Burnaby, östlich von Vancouver, wurde im Februar 2008 als Gemeinschaftsunternehmen von Daimler (50,1 Prozent), der Ford Motor Co. (Profil) (30 Prozent) und der Ballard Power Systems Inc. (Profil) (19,9 Prozent) gegründet. Dort wurde auch der Brennstoffzellenstack entwickelt, der in der aktuellen Mercedes-Benz B-Klasse F-CELL sowie dem Stadtbus Citaro FuelCELL-Hybrid eingesetzt wird. Ziel ist es, die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette für den Stack von der Materialforschung über Entwicklung bis hin zur Produktion unter Serienbedingungen abzudecken.

Laut Daimler wird an dem neuen Fertigungsstandort auf rund 2.000 Quadratmetern die Herstellung von Stacks für Brennstoffzellenfahrzeuge vorbereitet. Der Aufbau der Produktionsanlagen soll bis Anfang 2012 erfolgt sein. Nach einer schrittweisen Test- und Hochlaufphase soll dann ab 2013 die Serienproduktion der nächsten Generation von Brennstoffzellenstacks starten. Diese zeichnen sich neben einer höheren Leistung und Effizienz vor allem durch ihre kompakte Bauweise aus, hieß es.  

Mercedes Canada has announced it will manufacture fuel cell stacks for its pre-commercial hydrogen fuel cell vehicles at a new $50-million plant to be located opposite the Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation (AFCC) building on North Fraser Way in Burnaby.

The plant is expected to be in operation by 2013 and its production will be shipped to Germany for installation into a fleet of vehicles to be assembled that year.

Mercedes-Benz officials said Thursday that the plant was the first of its kind worldwide and they expected to put fuel-cell vehicles into commercial production by about 2016.

Premier Christy Clark, who attended the company's announcement in Vancouver, thanked the company for choosing B.C. as its manufacturing site.

"Fifty million dollars will mean a lot of jobs and jobs help sustain families in every country in the world. We're delighted at this investment and the commitment to the economy of British Columbia. It is a day to celebrate the pioneering minds that dare to dream of cleaner, greener ways to create energy," said Clark.

However, when asked how many jobs would be created, Herbert Kohler, chief environment officer of Daimler AG, said they would be in the "double digits" to begin with.

He said German-based engineers would be assigned to the plant but the technical and other staff would be hired locally. Andreas Truckenbrodt, chief executive officer of AFCC -a joint venture of Daimler and Ford Motor Company and Ballard Power Systems -said the new plant would likely make a couple of hundred fuel cell stacks a year, but that could grow considerably once Mercedes-Benz began commercial production of fuel cell-powered vehicles.

"We'll be making prototypes first," he said.

Outside the news conference, held in the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel, were two Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-Cell vehicles, which are completing a world tour after starting from Germany in January.

Kohler said the reason for the tour was to convince the skeptics "that fuel cell technology was ready for long distances and ready for every day application."

According to Mercedes-Benz, the B-Class F-Cell averages 400 kilometres with a full fuel pack, can be refuelled in three minutes, and performs similar to a two-litre gasoline engine with a top speed of 170 km/h.

The cost of hydrogen to power the zero-emission vehicle was roughly the same as what it would be to fuel a conventional car, the company said.

Mercedes-Benz has invested more than a $250 million in development of its fuel cell car over a five-year period.

Kohler said hydrogen refuelling stations would have to be built to service
these new vehicles, but he expected the company would be selling its vehicles commercially by 2016-'17.  

Ballard Sub-Leases Surplus Manufacturing Space in B.C. Fuel Cell Facility to Daimler AG

?Deal significantly reduces Ballard's operating expenses; a further enabler on the Company's path to profitability

VANCOUVER, March 18 /CNW/ - Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD) (NASDAQ: BLDP) announced today that it is executing a sub-lease to Daimler AG (Daimler) for 21,000 square feet of surplus production space, at its specialized fuel cell manufacturing facility located in Burnaby, British Columbia. This sub-lease will be effective from August 1, 2011 until July 31, 2019. Daimler will use the space, representing approximately 38% of the facility, to manufacture fuel cells for its fuel cell car programs.

The current volume of surplus space has developed from Ballard's progress over the past several years in implementing automated and continuous manufacturing processes for the Company's fuel cell products. A key driver in this context has been the introduction of continuous lamination equipment, which cuts and assembles components of Ballard's proprietary technology, resulting in a 10-fold increase in production while using about 10% of the physical floor space previously required.

Paul Cass, Ballard's Vice-President of Operations said, "This sub-lease of surplus production space to Daimler will enable Ballard to further optimize our operations, as we aggressively increase production volumes at lower cost." He added, "More broadly, Daimler's decision to sub-lease a portion of one of our Burnaby manufacturing facilities is great news for British Columbia. It's an affirmation of B.C.'s leading fuel cell expertise and infrastructure."

As a result of the Daimler sub-lease, Ballard expects annual operating expense savings of approximately $1 million in real estate and related overhead costs. Ballard will continue supplying its FCvelocityTM products for Daimler's fuel cell car and bus programs until the end of the current supply agreement. In addition, Ballard will continue supplying Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation (AFCC), a private company majority-owned by Daimler, with contract manufacturing and technical engineering services.

Ballard plans to continue fuel cell product development, testing and production activities in an optimized fashion across its three manufacturing facilities. Two of these are located in Burnaby, British Columbia and the third is located in Lowell, Massachusetts.  

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/...ives-on/article1953402/  

Spikes in volume can validate a breakout or signify a potential turning point. As such, SmarTrend will continue to monitor shares of BLDP to see if this bullish momentum will continue.
SmarTrend currently has shares of Ballard Power Systems in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on February 02, 2011 at $1.96. The stock has risen 17.1% since the Uptrend alert was issued.
In the last five trading sessions, the 50-day MA has climbed 3.03% while the 200-day MA has risen 0.63%.  

http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/blog/...ell-cars-the-green-piece/  

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/...-his-energy-plan/1  

Guten Abend ,

ich bin selber  studienmäßig in der Technik sehr gut informiert und war bis vor einem Jahr noch sehr kritisch eingestellt was die Realisierung betrifft. Bin selber vor 5 Jahren schon in einem Bus von Daimler Chrysler mitgefahren und war begeistert.

Trotzdem war dann Funkstille.. jetzt ist ein Budgetplan erstellt die Zellen in die übernächste Generation LKW und Busse 2015 zu implantieren und das wird auch so funktionieren. Daimler Aktien halte ich schon lange aber in den Brennstoffzelleninvest ist man sicher hier gut aufgehoben. Paar Monate zu spät aber langfristig sicher ein guter Invest!

Viele Grüsse aus dem innovativen Schwabenland !

 

14:55 03.04.11

STUTTGART (dpa-AFX) - Daimler-Chef (Profil) Dieter Zetsche sieht für seine Branche hohe Wachstumsraten voraus. "Noch vor fünf bis sechs Jahren galt die Autoindustrie als stagnierende, reife Branche", sagte er der Wirtschaftszeitung "Automobilwoche". Jetzt seien Raten über dem weltweiten Brutto-Inlandsprodukt zu erwarten. "Das liegt natürlich vor allem an der Nachfrage aus den schnell wachsenden Schwellenländern."

Für die eigene Pkw-Sparte will Zetsche durchschnittlich eine Zielrendite von zehn Prozent erreichen. "Insgesamt sind wir sehr zuversichtlich, dass wir bei Mercedes-Benz Cars das genannte Ziel im Jahr 2013 erreichen und dieses Niveau auch halten können." Als einen Grund für den Optimismus nannte er die unerwartet hohe Nachfrage aus China.  

Pressemitteilung vom 30.03.2011 | 15:54

Mercedes-Benz Österreich
B-Klasse F-CELL erreicht siebtes Land der Weltumrundung

http://www.pressrelations.de/new/standard/...ion=jour_pm&quelle=0  

Ballard Power Systems Up 2.9%,

Written on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 10:04amBy David Diaz

Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ:BLDP) is one of today's best performing low-priced stocks, up 2.9% to $2.45 on 0.4x average daily volume. Approximately 242,000 shares have traded hands today vs. 30-day average volume of 646,000 shares.
High volume often signals a change in trends. Shares of Ballard Power Systems are currently trading above their 50-day moving average (MA) of $2.06 and above their 200-day MA of $1.77.
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Ballard Power Systems is in SmarTrend's Alternative Energy industry and this industry is currently in an Uptrend. An industry trend that matches the stock's trend helps to add conviction to the stock's Uptrend and price prediction.
SmarTrend currently has shares of Ballard Power Systems in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on February 02, 2011 at $1.96. The stock has risen 21.7% since the Uptrend alert was issued.  

http://www.eco-business.com/features/...evenue-to-increase-five-fold/  

http://www.busplaner.de/Omnibusbranche/...Buses-w-chst-st-rker-a.html  

Dass lokal emissionsfreie Elektromobilität bei Mercedes-Benz schon heute serienreif ist, beweist der laufende "Mercedes-Benz F-CELL World Drive" mit drei brennstoffzellenbetriebenen B-Klasse F-CELL. Nach den ersten drei Etappen durch Europa, Nordamerika und Australien sind die World-Drive-Teilnehmer pünktlich zum Messe-Auftakt in Shanghai eingetroffen. Von dort aus geht es weiter über die eurasische Landmasse nach Stuttgart, wo die einmalige Weltumrundung am 29. Januar gestartet ist. Mit dem F-CELL World Drive will Mercedes-Benz das große Potenzial der Brennstoffzellentechnologie unter Beweis stellen und dabei insbesondere auch für den Aufbau eines Wasserstoff-Tankstellennetzes werben. "Unsere Brennstoff­zellen-Elektroautos sind startklar. Das einzige was fehlt, ist eine Wasserstoff-Infra­struktur", so Weber. Die Brennstoffzellentechnologie gilt in Fachkreisen als besonders vielversprechende Lösung für den Antrieb von Elektroautos, da sie lokal emissionsfreies Fahren mit dem Vorteil einer großen Reichweite bei kurzen Betankungszeiten verbindet. "Wasserstoff", so Thomas Weber, "lässt sich mithilfe erneuerbarer Energien erzeugen und kann zudem der Schlüssel zur Speicherung von Strom aus Wind- und Sonnenenergie werden. Wir sind bereit, unsere innovative Brennstoffzellentechnologie auch nach China zu bringen."

Quelle: http://www.lifepr.de/pressemeldungen/daimler-ag/boxid/226749  

Ingolstadt. Audi will in die Brennstoffzellen-Technologie einsteigen. Bereits im laufenden Jahrzehnt soll ein Elektroauto mit dieser Form der Energieversorgung auf den Straßen rollen. Das hat Entwicklungsvorstand Michael Dick erklärt. Bis dahin müsse jedoch die nachhaltige Herstellung von Wasserstoff geklärt sein, auch die Effektivität der Motoren müsse noch deutlich steigen. Auch andere Hersteller arbeiten momentan an der Brennstoffzelle, vorrangig Daimler, Opel, Honda und Nissan.

Artikel vom 20. April 2011, 03.22 Uhr  

20.04.11   Daimler plant Start der Brennstoffzelle

BZ Shanghai - Der Stuttgarter Autokonzern Daimler will sein Brennstoffzellenkonzept für emissionsfreies Fahren auf Strecken bis etwa 400 km 2015 in die Großserie bringen. "Die Technik ist fertig", sagt Forschungsvorstand Thomas Weber im Gespräch mit der Börsen-Zeitung auf der "Auto Shanghai 2011". Die aktuelle Weltumfahrung mit Brennstoffzellen-Fahrzeugen der B-Klasse zeige, dass die Technik absolut praxistauglich sei. Was bislang fehle, sei die notwendige Tankstelleninfrastruktur.

Für den Boommarkt China bleibt Daimler-Chef Dieter Zetsche ungeachtet der jüngsten Wachstumsabschwächung zuversichtlich. Für die deutsche Autoindustrie ist das Reich der Mitte nicht nur ein wichtiger Produktionsstandort. Der Export von Fahrzeugen und Komponenten nach China hat für die deutsche Wirtschaft eine beachtliche Größenordnung erreicht, wie der Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA) herausstreicht. Im vergangenen Jahr hat sich der Wert der Fahrzeugexporte nach China mehr als verdoppelt - von 4,3 Mrd. auf 9,4 Mrd. Euro.  

http://www.latimes.com/business/...20110421,0,6292650.story?track=rss