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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001309014-12-000710
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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ballard Power Systems Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001453015
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIAL APPARATUS [3620]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			Z4
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-53543
		FILM NUMBER:		121199468

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9000 GLENLYON PARKWAY
		CITY:			BURNABY
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V5J 5J8
		BUSINESS PHONE:		206-903-8850

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		STREET 1:		9000 GLENLYON PARKWAY
		CITY:			BURNABY
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V5J 5J8

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	7076991 Canada Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20090102
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Ballard Power Systems Inc.&nbsp;-&nbsp;Form&nbsp;6-K
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UNITED STATES<BR>
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<FONT SIZE="+2" FACE="Arial"><B>FORM 6-K</B></FONT><BR>

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REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER<BR>PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16<BR>UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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November 13, 2012
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Commission File Number: 000-25270
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	<FONT SIZE="+2"><B>Ballard Power Systems Inc.</B></FONT><BR>
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      <FONT FACE="Courier" SIZE="+0">9000 Glenlyon Parkway<br>Burnaby, BC<br>V5J 5J8<br>Canada</FONT>
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	Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:&nbsp;&nbsp;[<FONT FACE="Courier">&nbsp;</FONT>]&nbsp;Form 20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[<FONT FACE="Courier">x</FONT>]&nbsp;Form 40-F
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       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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       Date: November 13, 2012
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       Chief Financial Officer
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      <FONT SIZE="2">Ballard Receives Deloitte Technology Green 15&#8482; Award</FONT>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><FONT style="font-size: 10pt">Ballard Power Systems Inc.
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">News Release


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Ballard Receives Deloitte Technology Green 15&#153; Award


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">For Immediate Release &#150; November&nbsp;13, 2012


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">VANCOUVER, CANADA&#150; Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP) (TSX: BLD) today announced it is a 2012
recipient of the Deloitte Technology Green&#153; 15 Award, designed to showcase Canadian companies that
are creating economically viable intellectual property in the field of green technology.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&#147;The Deloitte Technology Green 15&#153; Award winners deliver innovative solutions that promote an
efficient use of the earth&#146;s resources,&#148; said Richard Lee, National Leader, Technology, Media &
Telecommunications Industry Group, Deloitte. &#147;Ballard Power Systems is an outstanding example of a
company that is creating technology solutions that reduce environmental impacts while improving
operational performance and productivity.&#148;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Ballard&#146;s clean energy fuel cell products enable optimized power systems for a range of stationary
and motive applications &#150; including communications backup power, material handling, distributed
generation and bus applications.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&#147;To displace incumbent technologies, new clean energy product solutions must deliver against both
the economic and environmental bottom line,&#148; said John Sheridan, President and CEO of Ballard Power
Systems. &#147;Now, within our commercial stage market segments of communications backup power and
material handling, end-users are experiencing a compelling return on investment.&#148;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Fuel cells are an electricity generation device that converts hydrogen &#150; the world&#146;s most abundant
element &#150; into electricity, through a chemical reaction. Fuel cells are clean, quiet, efficient,
and scalable, thereby permitting versatile energy production across a range of power needs. More
than 150 megawatts of Ballard&#146;s fuel cell products have been deployed commercially across the globe
in Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and Central America.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">About the Deloitte Technology Green 15&#153; &#150; The Technology Green 15&#153; recognizes Canada&#146;s leading
GreenTech companies. GreenTech, the industry term for &#147;green technologies&#148;, is taking on greater
importance in the world in general, and the world of business in particular. It includes any
technology that promotes a more efficient use and re-use of the earth&#146;s resources in industrial
production and consumption. GreenTech products and services are designed to reduce or eliminate
environmental impacts and improve operational performance, productivity, or efficiency while
reducing costs, inputs, energy consumption, waste, or pollution. Although many companies within
GreenTech industry sectors are very different, they share a common trait: all use new, innovative
technology to create products and services that compete with existing products and services on
price and performance while reducing impact on the environment.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">About the Deloitte Technology Fast 50&#153; &#150; The Deloitte Technology Fast 50&#153; program is Canada&#146;s
pre-eminent technology awards program. Celebrating business growth, innovation and
entrepreneurship, the program features four distinct categories including the Technology Fast 50&#153;
Ranking, Companies-to-Watch Awards (early-stage Canadian tech companies in business less than five
years, with the potential to be a future Deloitte Technology Fast 50&#153; candidate,) Leadership Awards
(companies that demonstrate technological leadership in four industry subcategories:
hardware/semiconductor, software, telecommunications and emerging technologies) and the Deloitte
Technology Green 15&#153; Awards (Canada&#146;s leading GreenTech companies that promote a more efficient use
and re-use of the earth&#146;s resources in industrial production and consumption.) Program sponsors
include Deloitte, Gowlings, Wellington Financial, TMX Group, HUB International HKMB, National Angel
Capital Organization, CVCA, MaRS and IGLOO Software. For further information, visit www.fast50.ca.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">About Ballard Power Systems
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Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD) (NASDAQ: BLDP) provides clean energy fuel cell products enabling
optimized power systems for a range of applications. Products deliver incomparable performance,
durability and versatility. To learn more about Ballard, please visit www.ballard.com.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">This release contains forward-looking statements, related to the environmental impact, operational
performance and value proposition of our products to our customers, which are provided to enable
external stakeholders to understand Ballard&#146;s expectations as at the date of this release and may
not be appropriate for other purposes. These forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs
and assumptions of Ballard&#146;s management and reflect Ballard&#146;s current expectations as contemplated
under section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section&nbsp;21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such assumptions relate to Ballard&#146;s financial forecasts and
expectations regarding its product development efforts, manufacturing capacity, and market demand,
and include matters such as generating new sales, producing, delivering and selling the expected
number of units, and controlling its costs.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">These statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause Ballard&#146;s actual results to be
materially different, including, without limitation, the condition of the global economy, the rate
of mass adoption of its products, product development delays, changing environmental regulations,
its ability to attract and retain business partners and customers, its access to funding, increased
competition, its ability to protect its intellectual property, changes in its customers&#146;
requirements, foreign exchange impacts on its net monetary assets and its ability to provide the
capital required for product development, operations and marketing. For a detailed discussion of
these risk factors and other risk factors that could affect Ballard&#146;s future performance, please
refer to Ballard&#146;s most recent Annual Information Form.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Readers should not place undue reliance on Ballard&#146;s forward-looking statements and Ballard assumes
no obligation to update or release any revisions to these forward looking statements, other than as
required under applicable legislation.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Further Information
<BR>
Guy McAree, &#043;1.604.412.7919, media@ballard.com or <U>investors@ballard.com</U>



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