In 1988, Hydrogenics was founded under the name Traduction Militech Translation Inc. In 1995, it entered into the fuel cell technology development business and Traduction Militech Translation changed its name to Hydrogenics in 1990. It also acquired Greenlight Power Technologies, Inc., a competing fuel cell testing business, in 2003. In 2007, Hydrogenics narrowed the focus of its fuel cell activities by exiting the fuel cell testing business and working more on forklift power and backup power markets. Per the alliance, CommScope invested US$8.5 million in Hydrogenics as part of a joint product development program. Hydrogenics signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Iwatani Corporation, a Japanese industrial energy company, in April 2012. The companies began to collaborate on hydrogen solutions in the Japanese energy market, including utility-scale hydrogen energy storage, hydrogen generation and fuelling, fuel cell integration, and industrial hydrogen generation. Under the agreement, hydrogen produced during periods of excess renewable generation will be injected into Enbridge's existing natural gas pipeline network. Hydrogenics entered into a joint venture with
South Korea–based Kolon Water & Energy to provide power generation in that country in June 2014. In 2019 Hydrogenics was acquired in large parts by
Cummins as part of their New Power division. Hydrogenics is now owned 81% by Cummins and 19% by Air Liquide. The name of the company has since been changed to Accelera. In 2019 Hydrogenics was acquired by
Alstom.
Projects In June 2000,
General Motors and Hydrogenics released their codeveloped HydroGen1, a vehicle powered by a first generation
proton exchange membrane fuel cell system. In December 2002,
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) selected Hydrogenics to develop a next-generation hybrid fuel cells bus; Hydrogenics integrated its vehicle-to-grid technology into a 12.5 meter
New Flyer Inverno 40i
transit bus. The system is part of the R&D smart grid project "INGRID". The system will use electrolyzers based on Hydrogenics'
proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology for
hydrogen production and use excess power generated from regional renewable energy sources, primarily wind energy. Hydrogenics will provide its technology to build hydrogen fuel stations throughout the UK. (IESO), a corporation responsible for operating the electricity market and directing the operation of the bulk electrical system in the province of Ontario, Canada, in July 2014. ==See also==