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NEWS / IN BRIEF solution, which prevents voltage spikes and eliminates power loss. Gallorema will distribute the GenCell G5 long-duration uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to its customers, to provide backup power to champagne and wine production lines, as well as regulating the voltage to key production equipment. Gallorema will distribute GenCell’s G5 long-duration UPS through its four agencies in northern and eastern France. GenCell has already installed a system for the renowned Billecart-Salmon, the first champagne producer to test the company’s G5 fuel cell backup power solution. The G5 fuel cell is providing backup power to the production line, ensuring uninterrupted champagne production and business continuity. The GenCell G5 fuel cell solution addresses problems of energy quality such as power outages, micro power-cuts and electrical variations, such as voltage spikes, which have a negative impact on productivity, maintenance costs and quality as deadlines can be affected. In an environment increasingly oriented towards process control excellence, champagne producers are demanding efficient and reliable power supply solutions to safeguard sensitive equipment, such as robots on the production line, industrial computers, and all equipment liable to electronic sensitivity from tension spikes and losses. The alkaline fuel cell technology in the GenCell G5 provides 5 kW of power with excellent power stability, offering wine and champagne producers their first viable alternative to existing traditional backup power solutions. In the event of a power outage or voltage spike, the G5 kicks in immediately, preventing micro power-cuts that typically go unnoticed, and delivers power to keep key systems running with no interruption to production. The units can be easily installed in cellars as they produce energy with no emissions, noise or vibration. They require minimal site maintenance, with monitoring and remote maintenance using NOC (Network Operations Center), a proprietary software system. Earlier this year GenCell signed a distribution agreement with Aylesbury Scientific in Ireland [FCB, May 2017, p5], appointed Pacific Power Reps in California to target the North American utilities sector [March 2017, p5], and partnered with San Diego Gas & Electric to install 30 GenCell G5rx backup power systems at substations [February 2017, p4]. Last autumn GenCell reported several successful G5 deployments in Israel and in the Latin American telecom sector [December 2016, p5]. GenCell: www.gencellenergy.com Gallorema: www.gallorema.fr [in French]
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FuelCell Energy in 20 MW project with Korea Southern Power
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S-based FuelCell Energy has announced a 20 MW fuel cell park with Korea Southern Power Company (KOSPO), the latter’s first fuel cell project. The SureSource 3000™ molten carbonate fuel cell power plants will cleanly produce electricity and thermal energy to support a district heating system. FuelCell Energy is selling the MCFC power plants, and expects to operate and maintain the installation under a 20-year service agreement. Shipments will begin shortly, and conclude in early Fiscal Year 2018. KOSPO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Company (KEPCO), which last year signed a Memorandum of Understanding with European-based SOLIDpower to cooperate on extending the use of localised solid oxide fuel cell technology [FCB, January 2017, p5]. ‘This is the first fuel cell project for KOSPO, and we are pleased that the value proposition of our SureSource solutions meets the exacting needs of KOSPO, one of Korea’s largest utilities,’ says Chip Bottone, president and CEO of FuelCell Energy. ‘Our multi-MW, scalable, easy-to-site clean energy solutions are well suited for utilityscale applications such as this project.’ The fuel cell park will be installed adjacent to KOSPO’s existing 1.8 GW Sinincheon combined cycle power plant in Incheon, near Seoul. Construction is expected to begin later this year, with the plant commencing operation in 2018, highlighting the relatively rapid deployment of fuel cell parks. Hanyang Industrial Development Company (HYD), a Korean-based global construction company, will provide the engineering, procurement and construction services for the project. ‘We are pleased to be working with FuelCell Energy and KOSPO on this important project,’ says Young Jin Park, executive director of the Infra-Structure Division of HYD. ‘Fuel cell power plants have high power density that do not use much land, and we expect to install these fairly quickly, which is somewhat unique for MW-scale power generation.’ South Korea has a number of utility-scale fuel cell parks in operation, including the world’s largest, which generates 59 MW of power for the electric grid and supplies a district heating system [March 2014, p6]. Earlier this year FuelCell Energy announced
IN BRIEF Ballard opens China stack production site Canadian-based Ballard Power Systems (www.ballard.com) has inaugurated its new FCvelocity®-9SSL fuel cell stack production joint venture operation in China, in the City of Yunfu, Guangdong Province. Ballard has a 10% interest in the joint venture – Guangdong Synergy Ballard Hydrogen Power – together with partner Guangdong Nation Synergy Hydrogen Power Technology. The stacks manufactured by the facility will be used mainly in fuel cell engines assembled in China to power fuel cell buses and commercial vehicles there. The JV manufacturing facility is building up to an annualised production capacity of 6000 stacks per annum by the end of this year, and is designed to achieve 20 000 stacks per annum, based on three shifts running five days a week, utilising a number of advanced automation techniques. The JV is expected to be worth at least US$170 million over five years to Ballard [FCB, November 2016, p8]. Guangdong Synergy recently ordered an additional MW-scale hydrogen electrolyser from US-based Proton OnSite, to provide ‘green’ hydrogen for refueling fuel cell buses in Yunfu and Foshan [see page 8]. CleverShuttle takes on 20 Toyota Mirai FCEVs for Hamburg rideshare fleet The CleverShuttle ridesharing service in Hamburg, Germany (www.clevershuttle.org) has taken delivery of its first 20 Toyota Mirai fuel cell electric vehicles, making it the world’s largest fleet of FCEVs run by a single operator. CleverShuttle has also taken delivery of another 15 Mirai cars to add to its fleet in Munich, in time to serve customers at the renowned Oktoberfest. Fuel cell buses to link Germany, Czechia A pilot project for a long-distance bus service is being planned, to bring hydrogen buses onto the roads between the Czech Republic and Germany. Alexander Dobrindt, the German federal minister of transport and digital infrastructure (BMVI, www.bmvi.de/EN), agreed with his Czech counterpart, transport minister Dan Ťok (www.mdcr.cz), to support the initiative at a recent meeting. The ministers discussed current trends in the automotive industry, including hydrogen technology and its application in transport [see also page 10]. BMVI is funding the H2 Mobility Deutschland joint venture (www.h2-mobility. de/en), which is rolling out a nationwide hydrogen refueling network to serve the expanding fleet of fuel cell electric vehicles on German roads. H2 Mobility recently announced 19 new sites for stations [see page 7], and opened a new station in Karlsruhe, the first in Germany to use solar energy to produce hydrogen [see page 6].
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NEWS a Memorandum of Understanding with its Korean partner POSCO Energy, to use an existing FCE subsidiary to directly develop the Asian fuel cell business for expanding market opportunities in the region [April 2017, p7]. FuelCell Energy has also just completed an underwritten offering of 33 500 shares of convertible preferred stock with a stated value of $1000 per share, resulting in total net proceeds of approximately $28 million. FuelCell Energy: www.fuelcellenergy.com Korea Southern Power Company: www.kospo.co.kr/english/
PORTABLE & MICRO
Intelligent Energy partners with Taylor Construction Plant
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n the UK, Intelligent Energy has partnered with construction plant hire and sales company, Taylor Construction Plant Ltd (TCP), to supply its air-cooled PEM fuel cell modules for integration, testing and evaluation into power products for the construction industry. The companies will work together on these initial stages of integration and evaluation, with a view to collaborating further to produce higher product volumes. The fuel cell powered products will initially be targeted at the UK construction industry, with the intention to expand into other TCP markets. Applications include off-grid site power, power tools and equipment, welfare cabins, and general construction loads. TCP hires and sells lighting and power products to the construction, rail, and events industries, which have recently come under fire for their high level of carbon emissions and noise pollution. The company has already developed a hydrogen fuel cell mobile lighting tower and a CCTV unit – based on BOC’s Hymera portable generator [FCB, October 2014, p5] – which has been embraced by these industries. The use of nearly silent, zero-emissions fuel cells to power additional products could play a major role in helping industries switch to clean energy. As well as integrating fuel cells into products, the two companies will collaborate to develop suitable fuel cell solutions based on direct customer feedback. ‘It is great to see the construction industry adopting hydrogen technologies and transitioning away from traditional diesel products,’ says Martin Bloom, Group CEO at Intelligent Energy. ‘Hydrogen fuel cells are well placed for the industry and its associated products, and this partnership is yet another example of how we are 6
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commercialising our market-ready technology.’ ‘Our green solution systems are fast expanding beyond our established lighting market, to offgrid power solutions, where liquid fuels and emission levels are closely monitored for Section 61 compliance,’ adds TCP managing director Andrew Barker, referring to UK regulations on the control of noise on construction sites. ‘We welcome end-user input to overcome specific challenges faced on construction sites with increased environmental impact.’ Intelligent Energy recently launched the FCM-800 series of air-cooled PEM fuel cell module products for portable and stationary power applications [July 2017, p10]. Earlier this year the company signed a contract with Luxfer-GTM Technologies to supply fuel cell modules for portable lighting towers [March 2017, p10]. Its fuel cells are also powering the Suzuki Burgman Fuel Cell scooters being trialed by the Metropolitan Police Service in London [September 2017, p3]. And it has just announced a partnership with drone manufacturer FlightWave Aerospace and launched a lightweight 650 W fuel cell module specifically designed for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) [see page 4]. IE also participated in the NovCoat project to develop novel, lower-cost conductive coatings for PEM fuel cell bipolar plates [see page 11]. Intelligent Energy: www.intelligent-energy.com Taylor Construction Plant Ltd: www.tcp.eu.com/hydrogen
FUELING
Nel wins additional Shell orders under California contract
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enmark-based Nel Hydrogen Solutions has received additional purchase orders for H2Station® equipment and services from Equilon Enterprises, which does business as Shell Oil Products US, under their previously announced California framework contract [FCB, March 2017, p8]. The new purchase orders have a total value of just over NOK50 million (US$6 million), with delivery and installation expected during 2018. ‘We are pleased to have received a repeat purchase order under the framework contract with Shell. The NOK50 million order comes in addition to the order announced in March this year, and further marks the strong start to our hydrogen partnership in California,’ says Jacob Krogsgaard, senior VP at Nel Hydrogen Solutions. ‘Over the summer we moved into a new factory in
Herning, Denmark, where we have initiated the production of H2Stations to Shell expected to be installed in California during next year.’ Earlier this year Nel Hydrogen Solutions – a division of the Norwegian hydrogen energy company Nel ASA [see also pages 7 and 8] – signed a framework contract for the supply, construction and maintenance of H2Station hydrogen refueling stations in California for Royal Dutch Shell, in partnership with Toyota Motor Corporation. The California Energy Commission recently approved more than $16 million in grants for Equilon Enterprises, to develop seven new hydrogen refueling stations in Northern California [September 2017, p6]. The hydrogen stations will be built in collaboration with Honda and Toyota, who will provide financial support, at seven Shellbranded retail stations. Three of the seven new stations will be located in San Francisco, one in Walnut Creek, one in Berkeley, and two in the Sacramento region. Shell currently operates two hydrogen stations in California, located in Newport Beach [August 2012, p7] and in Torrance, which was upgraded last autumn [December 2016, p10]. Nel Hydrogen Solutions was established last year [June 2016, p10], a year after Nel acquired H2 Logic [June 2015, p8, and see the H2 Logic feature in May 2013]. It recently received a joint purchase order with sister subsidiary Proton Onsite in the US for a combined hydrogen PEM electrolyser and H2Station hydrogen fueling solution for SunLine Transit Agency in California [see page 7]. Nel Hydrogen Solutions: www.nelhydrogen.com Shell, Hydrogen: www.shell.com/hydrogen
Total hydrogen station in Karlsruhe uses solar for green mobility
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otal has commissioned a new hydrogen refueling station in Karlsruhe, in Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany, which will generate hydrogen onsite using solar energy and innovative electrolysis technology. This expands the German hydrogen station network to 33 locations. This latest hydrogen refueling station – the 11th in the Total network [FCB, June 2017, p8], and the 10th in the state of Baden-Württemberg [August 2017, p6] – is distinguished by an innovative energy concept, in which hydrogen is produced onsite through electrolysis, using the electricity generated by a solar array. The construction of the new station, on the Südtangente ring road, has been supported with some E970 000 (US$1.1 million) from
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LARGE STATIONARY
FuelCell Energy in 20 MW project with Korea Southern Power
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S-based FuelCell Energy has announced a 20 MW fuel cell park with Korea Southern Power Company (KOSPO), the latter’s first fuel cell project. The SureSource 3000™ molten carbonate fuel cell power plants will cleanly produce electricity and thermal energy to support a district heating system. FuelCell Energy is selling the MCFC power plants, and expects to operate and maintain the installation under a 20-year service agreement. Shipments will begin shortly, and conclude in early Fiscal Year 2018. KOSPO is a wholly owned subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Company (KEPCO), which last year signed a Memorandum of Understanding with European-based SOLIDpower to cooperate on extending the use of localised solid oxide fuel cell technology [FCB, January 2017, p5]. ‘This is the first fuel cell project for KOSPO, and we are pleased that the value proposition of our SureSource solutions meets the exacting needs of KOSPO, one of Korea’s largest utilities,’ says Chip Bottone, president and CEO of FuelCell Energy. ‘Our multi-MW, scalable, easy-to-site clean energy solutions are well suited for utilityscale applications such as this project.’ The fuel cell park will be installed adjacent to KOSPO’s existing 1.8 GW Sinincheon combined cycle power plant in Incheon, near Seoul. Construction is expected to begin later this year, with the plant commencing operation in 2018, highlighting the relatively rapid deployment of fuel cell parks. Hanyang Industrial Development Company (HYD), a Korean-based global construction company, will provide the engineering, procurement and construction services for the project. ‘We are pleased to be working with FuelCell Energy and KOSPO on this important project,’ says Young Jin Park, executive director of the Infra-Structure Division of HYD. ‘Fuel cell power plants have high power density that do not use much land, and we expect to install these fairly quickly, which is somewhat unique for MW-scale power generation.’ South Korea has a number of utility-scale fuel cell parks in operation, including the world’s largest, which generates 59 MW of power for the electric grid and supplies a district heating system [March 2014, p6]. Earlier this year FuelCell Energy announced
IN BRIEF Ballard opens China stack production site Canadian-based Ballard Power Systems (www.ballard.com) has inaugurated its new FCvelocity®-9SSL fuel cell stack production joint venture operation in China, in the City of Yunfu, Guangdong Province. Ballard has a 10% interest in the joint venture – Guangdong Synergy Ballard Hydrogen Power – together with partner Guangdong Nation Synergy Hydrogen Power Technology. The stacks manufactured by the facility will be used mainly in fuel cell engines assembled in China to power fuel cell buses and commercial vehicles there. The JV manufacturing facility is building up to an annualised production capacity of 6000 stacks per annum by the end of this year, and is designed to achieve 20 000 stacks per annum, based on three shifts running five days a week, utilising a number of advanced automation techniques. The JV is expected to be worth at least US$170 million over five years to Ballard [FCB, November 2016, p8]. Guangdong Synergy recently ordered an additional MW-scale hydrogen electrolyser from US-based Proton OnSite, to provide ‘green’ hydrogen for refueling fuel cell buses in Yunfu and Foshan [see page 8]. CleverShuttle takes on 20 Toyota Mirai FCEVs for Hamburg rideshare fleet The CleverShuttle ridesharing service in Hamburg, Germany (www.clevershuttle.org) has taken delivery of its first 20 Toyota Mirai fuel cell electric vehicles, making it the world’s largest fleet of FCEVs run by a single operator. CleverShuttle has also taken delivery of another 15 Mirai cars to add to its fleet in Munich, in time to serve customers at the renowned Oktoberfest. Fuel cell buses to link Germany, Czechia A pilot project for a long-distance bus service is being planned, to bring hydrogen buses onto the roads between the Czech Republic and Germany. Alexander Dobrindt, the German federal minister of transport and digital infrastructure (BMVI, www.bmvi.de/EN), agreed with his Czech counterpart, transport minister Dan Ťok (www.mdcr.cz), to support the initiative at a recent meeting. The ministers discussed current trends in the automotive industry, including hydrogen technology and its application in transport [see also page 10]. BMVI is funding the H2 Mobility Deutschland joint venture (www.h2-mobility. de/en), which is rolling out a nationwide hydrogen refueling network to serve the expanding fleet of fuel cell electric vehicles on German roads. H2 Mobility recently announced 19 new sites for stations [see page 7], and opened a new station in Karlsruhe, the first in Germany to use solar energy to produce hydrogen [see page 6].
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NEWS a Memorandum of Understanding with its Korean partner POSCO Energy, to use an existing FCE subsidiary to directly develop the Asian fuel cell business for expanding market opportunities in the region [April 2017, p7]. FuelCell Energy has also just completed an underwritten offering of 33 500 shares of convertible preferred stock with a stated value of $1000 per share, resulting in total net proceeds of approximately $28 million. FuelCell Energy: www.fuelcellenergy.com Korea Southern Power Company: www.kospo.co.kr/english/
PORTABLE & MICRO
Intelligent Energy partners with Taylor Construction Plant
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n the UK, Intelligent Energy has partnered with construction plant hire and sales company, Taylor Construction Plant Ltd (TCP), to supply its air-cooled PEM fuel cell modules for integration, testing and evaluation into power products for the construction industry. The companies will work together on these initial stages of integration and evaluation, with a view to collaborating further to produce higher product volumes. The fuel cell powered products will initially be targeted at the UK construction industry, with the intention to expand into other TCP markets. Applications include off-grid site power, power tools and equipment, welfare cabins, and general construction loads. TCP hires and sells lighting and power products to the construction, rail, and events industries, which have recently come under fire for their high level of carbon emissions and noise pollution. The company has already developed a hydrogen fuel cell mobile lighting tower and a CCTV unit – based on BOC’s Hymera portable generator [FCB, October 2014, p5] – which has been embraced by these industries. The use of nearly silent, zero-emissions fuel cells to power additional products could play a major role in helping industries switch to clean energy. As well as integrating fuel cells into products, the two companies will collaborate to develop suitable fuel cell solutions based on direct customer feedback. ‘It is great to see the construction industry adopting hydrogen technologies and transitioning away from traditional diesel products,’ says Martin Bloom, Group CEO at Intelligent Energy. ‘Hydrogen fuel cells are well placed for the industry and its associated products, and this partnership is yet another example of how we are 6
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commercialising our market-ready technology.’ ‘Our green solution systems are fast expanding beyond our established lighting market, to offgrid power solutions, where liquid fuels and emission levels are closely monitored for Section 61 compliance,’ adds TCP managing director Andrew Barker, referring to UK regulations on the control of noise on construction sites. ‘We welcome end-user input to overcome specific challenges faced on construction sites with increased environmental impact.’ Intelligent Energy recently launched the FCM-800 series of air-cooled PEM fuel cell module products for portable and stationary power applications [July 2017, p10]. Earlier this year the company signed a contract with Luxfer-GTM Technologies to supply fuel cell modules for portable lighting towers [March 2017, p10]. Its fuel cells are also powering the Suzuki Burgman Fuel Cell scooters being trialed by the Metropolitan Police Service in London [September 2017, p3]. And it has just announced a partnership with drone manufacturer FlightWave Aerospace and launched a lightweight 650 W fuel cell module specifically designed for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) [see page 4]. IE also participated in the NovCoat project to develop novel, lower-cost conductive coatings for PEM fuel cell bipolar plates [see page 11]. Intelligent Energy: www.intelligent-energy.com Taylor Construction Plant Ltd: www.tcp.eu.com/hydrogen
FUELING
Nel wins additional Shell orders under California contract
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enmark-based Nel Hydrogen Solutions has received additional purchase orders for H2Station® equipment and services from Equilon Enterprises, which does business as Shell Oil Products US, under their previously announced California framework contract [FCB, March 2017, p8]. The new purchase orders have a total value of just over NOK50 million (US$6 million), with delivery and installation expected during 2018. ‘We are pleased to have received a repeat purchase order under the framework contract with Shell. The NOK50 million order comes in addition to the order announced in March this year, and further marks the strong start to our hydrogen partnership in California,’ says Jacob Krogsgaard, senior VP at Nel Hydrogen Solutions. ‘Over the summer we moved into a new factory in
Herning, Denmark, where we have initiated the production of H2Stations to Shell expected to be installed in California during next year.’ Earlier this year Nel Hydrogen Solutions – a division of the Norwegian hydrogen energy company Nel ASA [see also pages 7 and 8] – signed a framework contract for the supply, construction and maintenance of H2Station hydrogen refueling stations in California for Royal Dutch Shell, in partnership with Toyota Motor Corporation. The California Energy Commission recently approved more than $16 million in grants for Equilon Enterprises, to develop seven new hydrogen refueling stations in Northern California [September 2017, p6]. The hydrogen stations will be built in collaboration with Honda and Toyota, who will provide financial support, at seven Shellbranded retail stations. Three of the seven new stations will be located in San Francisco, one in Walnut Creek, one in Berkeley, and two in the Sacramento region. Shell currently operates two hydrogen stations in California, located in Newport Beach [August 2012, p7] and in Torrance, which was upgraded last autumn [December 2016, p10]. Nel Hydrogen Solutions was established last year [June 2016, p10], a year after Nel acquired H2 Logic [June 2015, p8, and see the H2 Logic feature in May 2013]. It recently received a joint purchase order with sister subsidiary Proton Onsite in the US for a combined hydrogen PEM electrolyser and H2Station hydrogen fueling solution for SunLine Transit Agency in California [see page 7]. Nel Hydrogen Solutions: www.nelhydrogen.com Shell, Hydrogen: www.shell.com/hydrogen
Total hydrogen station in Karlsruhe uses solar for green mobility
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otal has commissioned a new hydrogen refueling station in Karlsruhe, in Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany, which will generate hydrogen onsite using solar energy and innovative electrolysis technology. This expands the German hydrogen station network to 33 locations. This latest hydrogen refueling station – the 11th in the Total network [FCB, June 2017, p8], and the 10th in the state of Baden-Württemberg [August 2017, p6] – is distinguished by an innovative energy concept, in which hydrogen is produced onsite through electrolysis, using the electricity generated by a solar array. The construction of the new station, on the Südtangente ring road, has been supported with some E970 000 (US$1.1 million) from
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