SFCC Membership

A regional coalition of individuals, corporations, universities, governmental agencies, and nonprofit organizations comprise the membership of the SFCC. With this multi-state membership base, the SFCC leverages regional economic assets and political influence to attract new funding opportunities and to ensure that hydrogen and fuel cell industry momentum continues to build and flow across the borders of the southeastern United States.

The following corporations, national laboratories, nonprofit groups, and
universities have become members of the Southern Fuel Cell Coalition.

1. Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is 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.
2. The John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC), located in south Mississippi, is one of ten NASA field centers in the U.S. SSC is NASA’s primary center for testing and proving flight worthy rocket propulsion systems for the Space Shuttle and future generations of flight vehicles.
3. DRS Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, provides leading edge products and services to defense, government intelligence, and commercial customers.
4. SAFT America, Inc., located in Valdosta, Georgia, is an American manufacturing unit of Saft, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of high-tech battery systems for use in industrial applications.
5. Blue Bird Corporation, of Fort Valley, Georgia, is one of the world’s leading bus manufacturers. Founded in 1927, Blue Bird has nearly 3,000 employees and three facilities in two countries.
6. The University of Alabama at Birmingham 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.
7. Atlantic Station, LLC is the developer of a 138-acre environmental redevelopment of the former Atlantic Steel Mill at the nexus of interstates 75 and 85 in Midtown Atlanta. A national model for smart growth and sustainable development, the project is ultimately projected to include 12 million square feet of retail, office, residential, and hotel space as well as 11 acres of public parks.
8. Ebus, Inc., located in Downey, California, manufactures a complete line of electric and hybrid electric transit buses, shuttle buses, and vintage trolley replicas.
9. Georgia Power Company, the largest of five electric utilities that make up Southern Company, has been providing electricity to Georgia for more than a century and employs some 8,800 throughout the state of Georgia.
10. General Hydrogen was 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. The company's mission is 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 fork lift trucks
    and other industrial vehicles.
11. Buckhead Area Transit Management Association (BATMA) is a partnership of private businesses, public agencies, and residential and civic associations within Atlanta’s Buckhead community whose mission is to provide accessible and affordable transit options to commuters, residents, and visitors traveling in and around Buchead.
12. Columbian Chemicals Company, Inc., based in Marietta, Georgia, is one of the world’s leading producers of carbon black – an engineered material that improves the strength, durability and overall performance of a range of products including tires and other mechanical rubber goods, as well as inks, paints, plastics and coatings. With respect to fuel cells, Columbian Chemicals Co. is developing advanced electrocatalysts and membrane electrode assemblies. The Columbian Chemical Co. fuel cell team recently received FuelCellSouth’s 2005 Crystal Flame Innovation Award In Industry for the development of DURA-lyst®, the company’s PEM fuel cell electrocatalyst.
13. Emory University, in Atlanta, is home to nine major academic divisions, numerous centers for advanced study, and a host of prestigious affiliated institutions. The University has 11,300 students and 2,500 faculty members representing all regions of the U.S. and more than 100 foreign nations.
14. Advanced Transportation Technology Institute (ATTI), located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is a private nonprofit organization that advances clean transportation technologies to promote a healthy environment and energy independence through research, education and technology transfer.
15. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is a multiprogram science and technology laboratory managed for the U.S. Department of Energy by Battelle, LLC. Scientists and engineers at ORNL conduct basic and applied research and development to create scientific knowledge and technological solutions that strengthen the nation's leadership in key areas of science; increase the availability of clean, abundant energy; restore and protect the environment; and contribute to national security.
16. The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is recognized as a world-class center of excellence for the develop_ment and appli_cation of unique and innovative science and technology solutions. Hydrogen expertise has been central to SRNL's operations from its inception. Production of tritium began at the Sanannah River Site in the 1950's in support of national defense. Today SRNL, where much of the tritium technology used by the site was develop_ed, continues to expand the application of its hydrogen proficiency to serve both military and civilian purposes.
17. SK International, Inc., based near Athens, Georgia, produces a unique technology that integrates an electric traction system with a battery management system the result of which offers significant performance enhancements in heavy-duty electric and hybrid electric transportation applications.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. Wampfler, Inc., based in Florence, Kentucky, was formed in 1974 to service the North American marketplace in the specialized fields of mobile electrification, safety, and handling solutions.
21. SENTECH, Inc., of Bethesda, Maryland, is an energy consulting firm providing technical, analytical, management, and outreach services to public and private sector clients.
22. The City of Sevierville, Tennessee, near Knoxville, is home to 12,000 residents and led by a board of Mayor Bryan Atchley and five Aldermen.
23. LOGAN Energy Corp, LOGAN Energy, 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.
24. Eka Chemicals, Inc., Eka is an Akzo Nobel company and is the leading supplier of chemicals to the pulp and paper industry. Of the multiple plants located in the US, Eka has sodium chlorate plants in Columbus, MS and Moses Lake, WA that have effluent hydrogen streams of up to 10 tons per day. (10 tons of hydrogen can supply approximately 200 MW-hr of energy.) Eka is very interested in recycling and using this waste hydrogen in a fuel cell application for plant power (and heat). CTE/SFCC is currently working with Eka and Columbian Chemicals to establish a feasible team and funding source to demonstrate this type of project.