VANCOUVER , Feb. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -  Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) will hold a conference call on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time ( 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time ) to review fourth quarter and full year 2019 operating results.

VANCOUVER , Jan. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) today announced that the Company's proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology and products have now successfully powered Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles – or FCEVs – in commercial Heavy- and Medium-Duty Motive applications for an industry-leading cumulative total of more than 30 million kilometers (18.5 million miles) on roads around the globe.

Nearly a million customers across California lost power in October 2019, as PG&E deliberately shut off power. All as PG&E tried to battle high winds, and wildfire conditions. Unfortunately, the costs of deliberate blackouts set the California economy back by as much as $1 billion, according to The Sacramento Bee. Others, like Michael Wara of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment said the economic cost of the shutdown could have reached $2.5 billion, as noted by CNBC. That's why many people are calling for solutions, such as microgrids, or a smaller version of an electrical grid powered by local energy. "A microgrid can be powered by distributed generators, batteries, and/or renewable resources like solar panels. Depending on how it's fueled and how its requirements are managed, a microgrid might run indefinitely," according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Plus, according to GTM Research, the annual microgrid market could double over the next two years from $1.4 billion in 2017 to $2.8 billion by 2022. That's creating sizable, exciting opportunity for top companies like CleanSpark, Inc. (OTCQB:CLSK)(OTCQB:CLSKD), Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG), Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT), and Ballard Power Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:BLDP)(TSX:BLDP).