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European fuel cell micro-CHP project milestone
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ISSN 1464-2859 September October 2010 2015
ITM opens M1 wind hydrogen station, Shell deal
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n the UK, ITM Power has launched its first public access hydrogen refueling station at the Advanced Manufacturing Park, just off Junction 33 of the M1 motorway in South Yorkshire. ITM has also signed a strategic siting partnership with Shell, to deliver hydrogen stations on three Shell UK retail forecourts – the first in the UK to be integrated onto forecourts. The M1 wind hydrogen station is funded by Innovate UK, and is supported by Hyundai, Toyota and Honda, which showcased the Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell [FCB, November 2014, p2], Toyota Mirai [FCB, November 2014, p1], and Honda FCX Clarity at the inauguration, alongside a UK-made Microcab H2EV micro car [FCB, June 2013, p1]. Hyundai FCEVs are already in service with several companies, including ITM Power, with the Mirai launching in the UK in October. The site comprises a 225 kW wind turbine coupled directly to an ITM HGas PEM electrolyser, 220 kg of hydrogen storage, an H2 Logic hydrogen dispenser, and a 30 kW fuel cell system to provide backup power for nearby buildings. The M1 motorway was highlighted as a key route for early hydrogen refueling deployment in the UK H2Mobility Phase 1 report [FCB, February 2013, p1].
The station currently offers hydrogen at 350 bar, which was a specification of the Island Hydrogen project (formerly known as EcoIsland) [see the EcoIslands feature in FCB, October 2012]. The station will be upgraded in early 2016 to provide hydrogen at 700 bar, through funding from the UK’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) [FCB, April 2015, p9]. This will extend the reach of refueled FCEVs to hydrogen stations elsewhere in the UK, including London. A few days earlier, ITM announced its partnership with Shell, to deliver hydrogen refueling stations for three Shell retail forecourts in the UK. In March OLEV awarded ITM £1.89 million (US$3 million) for two new stations in London [FCB, April 2015, p9], incorporating onsite hydrogen generation using HGas electrolysers [see the ITM Power feature in FCB, January 2012]. ITM’s electrolysers are also used in Power-toGas (P2G) applications [see page 8]. The European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) is providing £1.7 million ($2.6 million) in additional financial support for initial operation of these stations, at least one of which will be built under the OLEV scheme. ITM Power: www.itm-power.com
European fuel cell micro-CHP project milestone
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ore than a quarter of the total number of fuel cell micro-CHP (combined heat and power) systems planned under the European ene.field project have now been installed in people’s homes, across eight member states. The ene.field project – co-funded by industry and the European Commission’s Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) – will place up to 1000 fuel cell micro-CHP units in homes across 11 European countries. The five-year project, which runs to 2017, features 26 partners from across the heating and energy
industry, and will receive E26 million (US$30 million) in EU funding [FCB, October 2012, p4]. It aims to allow manufacturers to begin to reduce costs through the volume of units involved. Installation rates among the most active ene.field project partners have taken off in the last six months, after progress in the early stages was slower than expected. The ene.field project partners include Elcore [FCB, September 2013, p5], GDF Suez [FCB, June 2014, p5], Baxi Innotech [FCB, September 2014, p5], and Buderus [FCB, November 2014, p11].
Contents Contents NEWS ITM Power opens M1 wind hydrogen station, signs forecourt siting partnership with Shell European fuel cell micro-CHP project milestone
1 1
ROAD VEHICLES Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell driven 2383 km in 24 h California approves New Flyer bus with Hydrogenics
2 2
MOBILE APPLICATIONS Horizon, RaptorUAS plan 300 km UAV flight AUS first fuel cell powered UAV flight in UAE
3 3
LARGE STATIONARY Vapor IO, Bloom distributed green data centres Doosan helps California college cut water use FCE sales to Korean partner, Asian production Hydrogenics for Honolulu port in Sandia project
4 4 4 5
PORTABLE & MICRO SFC military order, launches outdoor EFOY GO!
5
FUELING Linde opens Sacramento station on final approval SCRA landfill gas-to-hydrogen project at BMW Iwatani’s Chugoku commercial hydrogen station Tiger Optics to test FCEV hydrogen in California First methanol station serves range-extender cars
6 6 7 7 7
ENERGY STORAGE Hydrogenics fuel cell, electrolysers for Scotland ITM’s Thüga P2G plant in German grid balancing
8 8
COMMERCIALISATION NEL to acquire RotoLyzer scalable electrolysers SAFCell, UltraCell remote power licensing deal Ballard, Zenyatta on graphite purity, UQM order
9 9 9
RESEARCH North Dakota, FCE work to convert natural gas TRISOFC trigeneration cuts costs, energy losses Korean team uses coffee grounds as direct carbon
10 10 11
WORKSHOP REPORT 3rd Workshop on Ion Exchange Membranes for Energy Applications: EMEA 2015
12–16
REGULARS Editorial 2015 Fuel Cell Seminar News In Brief Patents Events Calendar
3 5 11 16–19 20
Project website: www.enefield.eu
ISSN 1464-2859/15 1464-2859/10 © 2015 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved This journal and the individual contributions contained in it are protected under copyright by Elsevier Ltd, and the following terms and conditions apply to their use: Photocopying Single photocopies of single articles may be made for personal use as allowed by national copyright laws. Permission of the publisher and payment of a fee is required for all other photocopying, including multiple or systematic copying, copying for advertising or promotional purposes, resale, and all forms of document delivery. Special rates are available for educational institutions that wish to make photocopies for non-profit educational classroom use.
www.fuelcellsbulletin.com
ISSN 1464-2859 September October 2010 2015
ITM opens M1 wind hydrogen station, Shell deal
I
n the UK, ITM Power has launched its first public access hydrogen refueling station at the Advanced Manufacturing Park, just off Junction 33 of the M1 motorway in South Yorkshire. ITM has also signed a strategic siting partnership with Shell, to deliver hydrogen stations on three Shell UK retail forecourts – the first in the UK to be integrated onto forecourts. The M1 wind hydrogen station is funded by Innovate UK, and is supported by Hyundai, Toyota and Honda, which showcased the Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell [FCB, November 2014, p2], Toyota Mirai [FCB, November 2014, p1], and Honda FCX Clarity at the inauguration, alongside a UK-made Microcab H2EV micro car [FCB, June 2013, p1]. Hyundai FCEVs are already in service with several companies, including ITM Power, with the Mirai launching in the UK in October. The site comprises a 225 kW wind turbine coupled directly to an ITM HGas PEM electrolyser, 220 kg of hydrogen storage, an H2 Logic hydrogen dispenser, and a 30 kW fuel cell system to provide backup power for nearby buildings. The M1 motorway was highlighted as a key route for early hydrogen refueling deployment in the UK H2Mobility Phase 1 report [FCB, February 2013, p1].
The station currently offers hydrogen at 350 bar, which was a specification of the Island Hydrogen project (formerly known as EcoIsland) [see the EcoIslands feature in FCB, October 2012]. The station will be upgraded in early 2016 to provide hydrogen at 700 bar, through funding from the UK’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) [FCB, April 2015, p9]. This will extend the reach of refueled FCEVs to hydrogen stations elsewhere in the UK, including London. A few days earlier, ITM announced its partnership with Shell, to deliver hydrogen refueling stations for three Shell retail forecourts in the UK. In March OLEV awarded ITM £1.89 million (US$3 million) for two new stations in London [FCB, April 2015, p9], incorporating onsite hydrogen generation using HGas electrolysers [see the ITM Power feature in FCB, January 2012]. ITM’s electrolysers are also used in Power-toGas (P2G) applications [see page 8]. The European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) is providing £1.7 million ($2.6 million) in additional financial support for initial operation of these stations, at least one of which will be built under the OLEV scheme. ITM Power: www.itm-power.com
European fuel cell micro-CHP project milestone
M
ore than a quarter of the total number of fuel cell micro-CHP (combined heat and power) systems planned under the European ene.field project have now been installed in people’s homes, across eight member states. The ene.field project – co-funded by industry and the European Commission’s Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) – will place up to 1000 fuel cell micro-CHP units in homes across 11 European countries. The five-year project, which runs to 2017, features 26 partners from across the heating and energy
industry, and will receive E26 million (US$30 million) in EU funding [FCB, October 2012, p4]. It aims to allow manufacturers to begin to reduce costs through the volume of units involved. Installation rates among the most active ene.field project partners have taken off in the last six months, after progress in the early stages was slower than expected. The ene.field project partners include Elcore [FCB, September 2013, p5], GDF Suez [FCB, June 2014, p5], Baxi Innotech [FCB, September 2014, p5], and Buderus [FCB, November 2014, p11].
Contents Contents NEWS ITM Power opens M1 wind hydrogen station, signs forecourt siting partnership with Shell European fuel cell micro-CHP project milestone
1 1
ROAD VEHICLES Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell driven 2383 km in 24 h California approves New Flyer bus with Hydrogenics
2 2
MOBILE APPLICATIONS Horizon, RaptorUAS plan 300 km UAV flight AUS first fuel cell powered UAV flight in UAE
3 3
LARGE STATIONARY Vapor IO, Bloom distributed green data centres Doosan helps California college cut water use FCE sales to Korean partner, Asian production Hydrogenics for Honolulu port in Sandia project
4 4 4 5
PORTABLE & MICRO SFC military order, launches outdoor EFOY GO!
5
FUELING Linde opens Sacramento station on final approval SCRA landfill gas-to-hydrogen project at BMW Iwatani’s Chugoku commercial hydrogen station Tiger Optics to test FCEV hydrogen in California First methanol station serves range-extender cars
6 6 7 7 7
ENERGY STORAGE Hydrogenics fuel cell, electrolysers for Scotland ITM’s Thüga P2G plant in German grid balancing
8 8
COMMERCIALISATION NEL to acquire RotoLyzer scalable electrolysers SAFCell, UltraCell remote power licensing deal Ballard, Zenyatta on graphite purity, UQM order
9 9 9
RESEARCH North Dakota, FCE work to convert natural gas TRISOFC trigeneration cuts costs, energy losses Korean team uses coffee grounds as direct carbon
10 10 11
WORKSHOP REPORT 3rd Workshop on Ion Exchange Membranes for Energy Applications: EMEA 2015
12–16
REGULARS Editorial 2015 Fuel Cell Seminar News In Brief Patents Events Calendar
3 5 11 16–19 20
Project website: www.enefield.eu
ISSN 1464-2859/15 1464-2859/10 © 2015 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved This journal and the individual contributions contained in it are protected under copyright by Elsevier Ltd, and the following terms and conditions apply to their use: Photocopying Single photocopies of single articles may be made for personal use as allowed by national copyright laws. Permission of the publisher and payment of a fee is required for all other photocopying, including multiple or systematic copying, copying for advertising or promotional purposes, resale, and all forms of document delivery. Special rates are available for educational institutions that wish to make photocopies for non-profit educational classroom use.