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Air Products

Air Products serves customers in technology, energy, healthcare, and industrial markets worldwide.  The company offers a unique portfolio of products, services, and solutions, providing atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, process and cryogenic equipment, and performance materials.  Air Products is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence, and commitment to safety and the environment.

Ballard Power Systems

Ballard Power Systems is recognized as a world leader in the design, development, and manufacture of zero-emission proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Ballard's mission is to make fuel cells a commercial reality. Ballard® fuel cell technology is operating in demonstration programs around the world. By concentrating on fuel cells, Ballard is able to leverage its automotive fuel cell technology for less demanding non-automotive applications.

Central Maryland Regional Transit

Central Maryland Regional Transit (CMRT) manages public transit services in Howard County, Anne Arundel County, Prince George's County and the City of Laurel. In FY 2011, CMRT transported approximately 1.6 million passengers.

Clean Cities-Atlanta

Designated the first “Clean City” by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in 1993, the mission of CC-A is to advance the economic, environmental, and energy security of the United States by supporting local decisions to adopt practices that contribute to the reduction of petroleum consumption in the transportation sector. 

CTE provides coalition management services to CC-A under an annual contract.  CTE’s ongoing involvement in local transportation-related programming and decision making, particularly in the promotion of alternative fuels and idle reduction technologies, is one of many mutually-beneficial results of this relationship.

DesignLine

Based in Charlotte, NC, DesignLine is a leading manufacturer of hybrid and electric buses including the EcoSaver IV series hybrid.

EVAmerica

EVAmerica, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and founded in March 2006, designs, develops and manufacturers/assembles electric and hybrid-electric medium to heavy duty vehicles. Additionally, the company offers hybrid systems for installation in other manufacturer’s vehicles through the integration of S. K International into EVamerica as the Power and Propulsion Division of the company.

Gas Technology Institute (GTI)

With offices in Illinois, Texas, Washington, D.C., Alabama, and Oklahoma, GTI is the leading research, development, and training organization serving the natural gas industry. GTI is dedicated to meeting the nation’s energy and environmental challenges by developing technology-based solutions for consumers, industry, and government. GTI is currently involved in CTE’s hydrogen strategic planning project for the Texas Department of Transportation.

Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)

GTRI the nonprofit, applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology. GTRI employs some 1,200 employees who perform or support more than $100 million in research annually for over 200 clients in industry and government.

Hydrogenics Corporation

Hydrogenics Corporation is a leading global developer of clean energy solutions, advancing the Hydrogen Economy by commercializing hydrogen and fuel cell products. The company has a portfolio of products and capabilities serving the hydrogen and energy markets of today and tomorrow organized around three core business areas:

1. Onsite Generation - Turnkey hydrogen generation systems for a full range of hydrogen applications
2. Power Systems - Fuel cell power products, with particular focus on fully integrated power modules and fuel cell hybrid power packs
3. Test Systems - Standardized and customized fuel cell test systems and test service

LOGANEnergy Corp.

LOGANEnergy, based in Atlanta, is the only company in the world dedicated exclusively to providing fuel cell services to energy consumers. They specialize in design, installation, and maintenance of residential, commercial, and industrial fuel cell applications and have installed over 75 fuel cell power plants throughout the US - 10% of the worldwide capacity. LOGAN Energy joined CTE/SFCC to be a part of the Atlantic Station Panel project and to take advantage of the collaboration, project demonstration, and advocacy benefits offered to all members.

National Hydrogen Association (NHA)

The National Hydrogen Association is a membership organization founded by a group of ten industry, university, research, and small business members in 1989. Today the NHA’s membership has grown to over 100 members, including representatives from the automobile industry; the fuel cell industry; aerospace; federal, state, and local government; energy providers; and many other industry stakeholders. The NHA serves as a catalyst for information exchange and cooperative projects and provides the setting for mutual support among industry, government, and research/academic organizations.

Plug Power (formerly General Hydrogen)

Founded in 1999 by Geoffrey Ballard and Paul Howard (founders of Ballard Power Systems—a leading fuel cell stack developer), and Michael Routtenberg (founder of Xillix Technologies—a developer of cancer diagnostic imaging systems), General Hydrogen now know as Plug Power, works to bring hydrogen fuel cell products and fueling systems to the commercial marketplace. The company is currently developing fuel cell systems to replace lead-acid batteries in forklift trucks and other industrial vehicles.

Proterra (formerly Mobile Energy Solutions)

Proterra, headquartered in Golden Colorado, is a "leading edge" entrepreneurial company that consistently works "outside the box" in the emerging industry of high technology, ultra low emission, commercial, hybrid-electric, battery-powered, and fuel cell vehicles. Proterra was founded in 2004 by the principals who designed, engineered, and manufactured the 36 EcoMark I, 45’ CNG-fueled hybrid-electric shuttle buses, which were built for the famous Denver 16th St. Mall and are now in their eighth year of revenue service. These shuttles carry twice the number of passengers as conventional buses while producing only a fraction of the pollution of a comparably sized bus. Operating 19x7 and 365 days per year this fleet continues to be the largest and most successful hybrid-electric vehicle project anywhere in the world. Based on this history of success, Proterra was formed to design, develop, and manufacture advanced technology vehicles.

Southern Company

With 4.3 million customers and more than 41,000 megawatts of generating capacity, Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is the premier energy company serving the Southeast, one of America’s fastest-growing regions. A leading U.S. producer of electricity, Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states and a growing competitive generation company, as well as fiber optics and wireless communications.

Test Devices, Inc.

Test Devices, Inc. of Hudson, Massachusetts, is the world's leading source for centrifugal spin testing systems and services provided to customers in a variety of industries: medical centrifuges, jet engines, industrial compressors, machine tools, rocket engine components, and high-speed electric motors, among others.

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

UAB is a research university and academic health center that discovers, teaches, and applies knowledge for the intellectual, cultural, social and economic benefit of Birmingham, the state, and beyond.

University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin is a major research university that is home to more than 48,000 students, 2,700 faculty and 17,000 staff members. The University's Center for Electromechanics is world renowned for development and demonstration of advanced energy storage and power generation systems, and teams with companies to get the technology to market.