Fuel Cell Maker Building $160M Rockwall Plant

Ballard Power Systems will use the money from two US government grants totaling US$40 million to support Ballard’s construction and build-out of an integrated fuel cell production Gigafactory based in Rockwall, Texas.

Ballard Rockwall Giga 1 will be located on a parcel of 22 acres of industrial land within the Rockwall Technology Park in Rockwall, just east of Dallas. In Phase I, Ballard plans to invest approximately $160 million from 2024 through the end of 2027 to build and commission a new manufacturing facility with annual production capacity of 8 million membrane electrode assemblies, 8 million bipolar plates, 20,000 fuel cell stacks, and up to 20,000 fuel cell engines per year, or the equivalent of 3 gigawatts of fuel cells.

Besides the $40 million grant, Ballard has also received support from the Rockwall Economic Development Corporation (REDC), which owns and manages the Rockwall Technology Park. The REDC has provided a mix of land, financial, fee and permit incentives for the facility while assisting in the planning and approval process.