lists: Biggest alternative energy companies in B.C.
Biggest alternative energy companies in B.C.
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The biggest alternative energy companies in the province, as ranked by the total number of B.C. employees in 2013
Biggest alternative energy companies in B.C.
RANKED BY | Number of B.C. employees in 2013
| Rank '13 | Company | Top local executive(s) | Areas of research | Year founded | Revenue '12/'11 | Worldwide staff '13/'12 | B.C. staff '13/'12 |
| 1 | Westport Innovations Inc www.westport.com | TSX:WPT; Nasdaq:WPRT | Alternative engine technologies, commercial products available | 1995 | NP/ $151 mil.1 | NP 769 | 3182 318 |
| 2 | Ballard Power Systems Inc www.ballard.com | TSX:BLD; Nasdaq:BLDP | Hydrogen fuel cell research and development | 1979 | NP/ $76 mil.3 | 376 397 | 306 345 |
| 3 | Schneider Electric, Solar Business 4 www.schneider-electric.com/solar | NP | Solar and backup power, RV, marine and commercial vehicle products | NP | NP | 150,000 120,000 | 187 2085 |
| 4 | Endurance Wind Power www.endurancewindpower.com | NP | Manufacturer of advanced wind power turbines | 1997 | NP | 80 60 | 80 60 |
| 5 | Analytic Systems Ware (1993) Ltd www.analyticsystems.com | Privately held | Design and manufacture a complete range of high-performance power conversion products including battery chargers, voltage converters, Sinewave inverters, power supplies, frequency converts and solar charge controllers | 1976 | $9 mil./ $8 mil. | 78 78 | 78 78 |
| 6 | General Fusion Inc www.generalfusion.com | NP | New, patent-pending concept based on a recent development in fusion research called magnetized target fusion (MTF) | 2002 | NP | NP 60 | 68 60 |
| 7 | Delta-Q Technologies Corp www.delta-q.com | Privately held | Power conversion and power management products for electric vehicle manufacturers | 1999 | NP | 71 75 | 64 73 |
| 8 | Nexterra Systems Corp www.nexterra.ca | NP | Developing and commercializing clean energy biomass gasification systems | 2003 | NP | NP 60 | 592 59 |
| 9 | Alterra Power Corp6 www.alterrapower.ca | TSX:AXY | Renewable power producer active in North America, Latin America and Europe | 2008 | $110 mil./ $63 mil.1 | 200 200 | 50 50 |
| 10 | Innergex Renewable Energy Inc www.innergex.com | TSX:INE | Run-of-river hydro projects | 1990 | NP/ $148,260 | 115 79 | 40 33 |
| 11 | dPoint Technologies Inc www.dpoint.ca | NA | Membranes and exchangers for building energy recovery | 2004 | NP | 39 31 | 39 31 |
| 12 | BIC (formerly Angstrom Power Inc)7 www.angstrompower.com | NA | Hydrogen fuel cells for cellphones, lighting and handheld electronics | 2001 | NP | NP NP | 322 32 |
| 13 | Synex International Inc www.synex.com | TSX:SXI | Energy development and operations | 1984 | $5 mil./ $4 mil. | 23 22 | 23 22 |
| 14 | Day4 Energy Group Inc www.day4energy.com | Privately held8 | Solar power technology | 2001 | NP/ $66 mil. | NP 108 | 22 42 |
| 15 | Sea Breeze Power Corp www.seabreezepower.com | SBX.V | Sea Breeze Power Corp. is a leading renewable generation and transmission developer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange. | 1990 | NP | 20 14 | 20 14 |
| 16 | Clean Current Power Systems Inc www.cleancurrent.com | NA | Renewable energy generation from water flows including tidal stream, ocean current and river. Fault tolerant permanent magnet generators for use in hostile conditions such as wave, offshore wind and subsea/submersible motor uses | 2001 | NP | NP NP | 10 NP |
| 17 | Aeolis Wind Power Corp www.aeoliswind.com | Privately held | Wind energy | 2003 | NP | NP NP | 9 NP |
| 18 | Swiss Solar Tech Ltd www.swisssolartech.com | NA | Solar thermal collector efficiency, solar and geothermal hybrid system | 2001 | $585,258/ $984,167 | 8 7 | 8 7 |
| 19 | Quantum Wind Power Manufacturing Corp a Division of West Energy Group9 www.quantumwind.com www.WestEnergygroup.com | NA | Wind energy, design, engineering and manufacturing | 2001 | NP | NP NP | 8 5 |
| 20 | ACT Aurora Control Technologies Corp www.auroracontrol.com | TSX-V:ACU | Aurora develops, manufactures and markets inline measurement systems for the photovoltaic industry. The Company's inline, realâ€time measurement and control products provide photovoltaic cell manufacturers with the means to lower production costs and increase profitability. | 2009 | NP/ $0 | 6 7 | 6 7 |
| 21 | Dependable Turbines Ltd www.dtlhydro.com | NP | Hydroelectric Turbines | 1978 | NP | NP NP | 5 5 |
| 21 | Lockhart Industries Ltd www.lockhart.ca | NP | GeoExchange | 1976 | NP | NP 5 | 5 5 |
| 23 | MagPower Systems Inc www.magpowersystems.com | Privately held | Magnesium air fuel cell and hydrogen inhibitors | 1999 | NP/ $0 | NP NP | 3 3 |