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Altergy: Changing the Way the World Gets Its Power

Altergy's Unique Value Proposition

Altergy has developed reliable and rugged fuel cell systems that can be cost-effectively mass produced.

As a result, Altergy's patented and validated technology breaks critical fuel cell barriers and shifts not one but three existing paradigms: the perception that all fuel cells are expensive; how fuel cells are designed, manufactured and used; and, of greatest significance, how the 21st century world will be powered.

The Growing Demand for Power

The demand for clean, reliable power is enormous - currently exceeding $250 billion annually - and rapidly growing. The existing electric power grid cannot meet this market demand due to the age and deterioration of the grid itself, and the changing nature of power required by customers.

Diminishing reserves, spiraling costs of fossil fuels, and the environmental, legal and cost barriers to building new or expanding existing grid capacity make traditional electric power sources increasingly less attractive. Concerned about terrorist strikes, homeland security and highly publicized grid failures, customers are demanding reliable, decentralized power alternatives.

Altergy's Unique Solution

Just as the development of economical personal computers and cellular phone technology changed the world from centralized to distributed computing and telephony, Altergy's proprietary designs allow the development of low cost, rugged, reliable fuel cells that will change power delivery from centralized systems to point-of-use fuel cell systems.

PEM fuel cells are an ideal replacement for existing power generation solutions. They are reliable, highly efficient, and produce no polluting emissions. Until now, however, fuel cells have been very expensive to produce, limiting their viability in both commercial and consumer markets. In addition, the materials used to build traditional fuel cells and the nature of their designs have made our competitors' fuel cells fragile and prone to breakage.

In stark contrast is Altergy's ability to cost-effectively mass produce rugged, high quality fuel cell systems.