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VANCOUVER– Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD; NASDAQ: BLDP) announced that its FCgen(TM)-1020ACS fuel cell product is the power source for a 1.6 kiloWatt backup power system deployed by Motorola, a major global telecommunications solution provider. Dantherm Power A/S, through its affiliate Dantherm Air Handling A/S, is utilizing Ballard’s fuel cell product in a fully integrated cabinet solution for Motorola TETRA base stations throughout Denmark’s SINE network.

Michael Goldstein, Chief Commercial Officer of Ballard stated, “Motorola’s deployment of Ballard’s FCgen(TM)-1020ACS product in a TETRA-standard public safety system highlights the significant market potential for fuel cells in wireless network deployments worldwide. Telecommunications solution providers are valuing the virtually unlimited backup power provided by fuel cells.”

Motorola is responsible for establishment and operation of Denmark’s nationwide SINE public safety network, which consists of approximately 500 sites. Ballard fuel cells will provide reliable backup power in 123 base stations across Denmark.

Denmark’s SINE network is based on the TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) standard, developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. The TETRA standard and protocol are being specified for use in numerous professional mobile radio systems around the globe. These systems ensure that various public safety authorities – such as police, fire and ambulance services, transportation organizations, utilities and military groups – are able to maintain continuous, secure communication with one another during any emergency situation. TETRA standards ensure a higher level of reliability than public cellular services. As of September 2008, a total of 2,232 TETRA-based contracts were in-place across 105 countries in Europe, the Asia Pacific region and the Middle East.

Backup power solutions based on fuel cell technology deliver a number of significant advantages over conventional batteries and diesel generators, including higher reliability over a wide range of operating conditions, lower maintenance costs, longer operating life, and reduced size, weight, installation footprint, and environmental impact. The FCgen(TM)-1020ACS fuel cell stack provides all of these advantages and enables an extremely compact and cost-effective backup power solution with its air-cooled design.

About Ballard Power Systems

Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD; NASDAQ: BLDP) is recognized as a world leader in the design, development, manufacture and sale of clean energy fuel cell products. Ballard’s mission is to accelerate fuel cell product adoption. To learn more about what Ballard is doing with Power to Change the World(R), visit www.ballard.com.

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO–( Hydrogenics Corporation (TSX:HYG)(NASDAQ:HYGS), a leading developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and fuel cell products, announced that on July 10, 2009, General Motors Company acquired ownership and control of 11,364,006 common shares of Hydrogenics Corporation from General Motors Corporation in connection with the sale of substantially all of the assets of General Motors Corporation under U.S. bankruptcy proceedings. This is the same stake which had previously been owned by GM since October 26, 2001; the acquired shares represent approximately 12.3% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Hydrogenics.

The acquired shares were originally issued to General Motors Corporation by Hydrogenics as consideration for entering into a master intellectual property agreement and a corporate alliance agreement with Hydrogenics. As part of, and in connection with, the bankruptcy proceedings, General Motors Company was assigned, and became a party to, the master intellectual property agreement and a corporate alliance agreement and acquired the shares.

ABOUT HYDROGENICS

Hydrogenics Corporation (www.hydrogenics.com) is a globally recognized developer and provider of hydrogen generation and fuel cell products and services, serving the growing industrial and clean energy markets of today and tomorrow. Based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Hydrogenics has operations in North America and Europe.

Washington, DC –With much of the focus on light-duty vehicles as a means for carbon and oil reduction, zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell buses have been quietly servicing passengers all around the world for years, with a recent surge of interest and many new orders on the way.

In addition to the great reduction in greenhouse gases that fuel cells provide, other benefits of fuel cell buses include a smooth, quiet ride and centralized fueling.   There are at least ten bus manufacturers working with fuel cell developers and transit agencies to put these vehicles in service.

Recent fuel cell bus developments include:

• 20 new fuel cell buses will be provided by New Flyer Industries to BC Transit for demanding routes at the 2010 Winter Olympics in British Columbia and will remain in revenue service after the Olympics.  These buses have demonstrated full freeway speed capability and fully loaded climb of a 20% grade starting from a stop.

• Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) in California has 12 Van Hool buses with UTC Power fuel cell systems on order.  This is in addition to the three fuel cell buses already in its fleet that have travelled more than 165,000 miles with an overall fuel economy 70 percent better than a control fleet of like diesel buses.

• UTC Power PureMotion® 120 fuel cell systems are also powering buses at SunLine Transit in California, CT Transit in Connecticut, and at DeLijn in Belgium; CT Transit will add four more fuel cell buses later this year.

• Latin America´s first hydrogen-powered public transport bus began a two-month test in São Paulo, Brazil on July 1st.  After the trial, the bus will be incorporated into the regular fleet, with the goal of 4 hydrogen buses by June 2010.

• Daimler recently unveiled its new Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid bus in Vienna and starting in 2010, will deploy ten of these buses for operation in Hamburg.  Shell is adding hydrogen pumps to four public filling stations to support the vehicles.

• Daimler’s bus program already has deployed 36 Mercedes-Benz Citaro buses in 12 cities in Europe, Australia and China, logging more than 1.3 million miles and  139,000 hours, and serving more than 8 million passengers.  Since 2000, the company has invested approximately US$111 million in their fuel cell bus program.

• A 40-passenger Hydrogenics fuel cell bus will be commissioned this month in Gladbeck, Germany as part of the Rampini Fuel Cell bus project.   Additional models are expected to be ready for procurement after testing is complete. Ten Hydrogenics fuel cell powered hybrid MidiBuses are already in operation in Germany.

• Hydogenics also has contracts to provide fuel cell power modules to bus manufacturers Proterra for hydrogen hybrid transit bus deployments in California, South Carolina, Texas and Washington, and EVAmerica for a hydrogen transit bus for Birmingham, Alabama.

• NASA’s Glenn Research Center is working on a prototype of a commercial renewable hydrogen fueling station to fuel a fuel cell transit bus for the Cleveland area.

• ISE Corporation currently has commitments for delivery of 28 fuel cell buses, with a production line in place at its Poway, California facility. ISE can deliver a fuel cell bus in just a few months.

• The Hydrogen Bus Alliance, which includes Canada, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Columbia, Cologne, Hamburg, London, Madrid, South Tyrol, and Western Australia, is aggregating orders and projecting price reductions to the $1M level in the next six years (by 2015), with expectations of 50 buses per city.

To see how transit agencies and their riders feel about the fuel cell and hydrogen bus demonstrations, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) sponsored “A Report on Worldwide Hydrogen Bus Demonstrations, 2002-2007.”  The study surveyed participants in California and Connecticut, Spain, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Iceland, China, Japan and Australia.  Reliability and performance were better than expected.  A number of other demonstrations are in the planning stage.  See http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/ReportOnWorldwideHydrogenBusDemonstrations_2002to2007.pdf

BOTHELL Wash., July 13, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NEAH Power (OTCBB:NPWS) www.neahpower.com, the company leading development in fuel cells for the military and portable electronic devices, will present its disruptive and unique methanol-nitric fuel cell, funded by the Office of Naval Research, at the 11th Electrochemical Power Sources R&D Symposium beginning today in Baltimore, MD. Attendees include representatives from all branches of the military, as well as many leaders from the civilian energy sector. http://www.11ecpss.betterbtr.com/index.html.

Dr. Tsali Cross, VP of Engineering at NEAH Power, will describe NEAH’s Development and characterization of porous silicon based methanol-nitric fuel cell prototype systems for portable military applications at the Power Sources Symposium. The presentation summarizes NEAH’s research and development on anaerobic fuel cells.

“We are very grateful to the ONR for their generous support of the anaerobic direct methanol fuel cell project over the past year and we are happy to showcase our findings at this prestigious conference. The anaerobic fuel cell system will serve as the foundation for numerous fuel cell products,” Dr. Chris D’Couto, NEAH’s President and Chief Executive Officer, noted.

About NEAH Power

NEAH Power Systems, Inc. (NPWS) is developing long-lasting, efficient and safe power solutions for the military and for portable electronic devices. NEAH uses a unique, patented, silicon-based design for its micro fuel cells that enable higher power densities, lower cost and compact form-factors. The company’s micro fuel cell system can run in aerobic and anaerobic modes.

Further company information can be found at www.neahpower.com.

Berlin — During her stay in Berlin Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand visited Heliocentris to discuss the potential of hydrogen and fuel cell technology in order to increase the usage of renewable energy.

Dr. András Gosztonyi, CFO, and Dr. Claus Fischer, Sales Director for the Asian markets, introduced Her Royal Highness to the diverse fuel cell solutions for educational, research and industry purposes offered by Heliocentris. Education was found to be the key driver of economic success.

With the expansion of the company’s activities in Asia, Heliocentris is proud to count several universities in Thailand among its customers. These conduct research and develop energy solutions including hydrogen and fuel cell technology. The delivery of a comprehensive fuel cell educational laboratory to the renowned Khon Kaen Vocational College in north-east Thailand constituted a major milestone of our activities.