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McPhy to supply hydrogen refueling station in Valence
NEWS down the production cost for the card, which is an important parameter to consider. For a telecom operator, it means more flexibility when producing cards with designed messages for different occasions.’ ‘YuMi’s outstanding features for collaborative small part assembly make a perfect match with myFC’s need of a robot that provides ease of use, and a robot that can work closely with humans on the same assembly tasks,’ adds Dennis Helfridson, ABB’s robotics local business unit manager in Sweden. myFC recently signed an exclusive distribution agreement with telecom network operator 3 Sweden, in the next step in their partnership to roll out the JAQ mobile charging technology [FCB, November 2015, p6]. myFC AB, Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: +46 8 5000 0200, www.myfcpower.com YuMi robot: http://new.abb.com/products/robotics/yumi
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ITM Power station in service in Riverside, permission for CEME
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TM Power Inc has achieved operational status for its hydrogen fueling station in Riverside, California. And in the UK, parent company ITM Power has been granted full planning permission to construct a hydrogen station at the Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence in Rainham, east London. The Riverside station is the first electrolyserbased station to achieve this status under the California Energy Commission (CEC) 2014 funding programme for hydrogen fueling stations [FCB, June 2014, p6]. The station achieved this status in less than 11 weeks from issuance of the local permit, the quickest installation and commissioning of an onsite hydrogen generation fueling station so far. Achieving operational status on time ensures that ITM Power will receive the full $2.125 million grant, together with the maximum $300 000 allowance over three years for Operation & Maintenance (O&M). The next phase will see ITM confirm station operation with FCEV OEMs, and qualify the station with the Division of Measurement Standards in order to be able to sell fuel to the public. In the UK, ITM Power has been granted full planning permission from Havering Borough Council to construct the previously announced hydrogen station at the Centre for Engineering 8
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and Manufacturing Excellence (CEME) site in Rainham [FCB, October 2015, p8]. The CEME campus is situated on the A13 main road, close to both the Canary Wharf business district and the M25 London orbital motorway. ITM Power was chosen by the Hydrogen London partnership to be the hydrogen refueling station partner for London, with a contract to supply three electrolyser-based stations. Planning permission was awarded within eight weeks and received no objections, showing that it is becoming easier to gain permission for hydrogen refueling infrastructure in the UK [FCB, August 2004, p1]. The station will be deployed as part of the HyFIVE project [FCB, April 2014, p1], and open to the public next spring. The site has one of the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays in southern England, which will provide power to the hydrogen station. ITM Power has just signed an agreement with Ove Arup, for siting and business development of hydrogen refueling stations and hydrogen energy systems [see page 1]. ITM also recently inaugurated its first public hydrogen station, by the M1 motorway in South Yorkshire, and is partnering with Shell to deliver hydrogen stations at three retail forecourts [FCB, September 2015, p1]. ITM has also signed an agreement with Arcola Energy and Symbio FCell, to provide an integrated package of zero-emission commercial vehicles, onsite fueling and after-sales support for UK fleet operators [FCB, November 2015, p7, and see the ITM Power feature in FCB, January 2012]. ITM Power, Sheffield, UK. Tel: +44 114 244 5111, www.itm-power.com Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence: www.ceme.co.uk HyFIVE project: www.hyfive.eu Hydrogen London: www.hydrogenlondon.org
McPhy to supply hydrogen refueling station in Valence
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n France, McPhy Energy has been awarded the call for tender by the Valence Romans Sud Rhône-Alpes intercommunity authority, for its first hydrogen refueling station. This latest station is part of the national ‘Industrie du Futur’ plan, which anticipates 100 hydrogen refueling stations by 2018. After Lyon [FCB, October 2015, p9], Sarreguemines and Paris [FCB, November 2015, p8], the Valence facility is the fourth
French hydrogen refueling station that McPhy Energy has been awarded since August. McPhy and the Sarreguemines regional authority are members of the recently created Hydrogen Mobility Europe (H2ME) consortium, which will deploy a total of 325 fuel cell electric vehicles and 29 new hydrogen stations across Europe [see the News Feature on H2ME in FCB, October 2015]. Two years ago the Mobility Hydrogen France (Mobilité Hydrogène France) consortium was established, to boost the potential deployment of FCEVs in Europe, while strengthening renewable energy production capacities in regional France [FCB, August 2013, p2]. The Valence station, which is expected to be operational by the end of this year, will be equipped with McPhy Energy’s McFilling® modular solution for the hydrogen mobility market. This will supply a fleet of light utility vehicles for the intercommunity authority, as well as for 10 private operators. The station will be installed near the Valence-TGV station in Rovaltain, with two business parks housing regional technical departments and numerous service sector companies. ‘We are very pleased by this new success of our turnkey modular and streamlined solution, that is particularly well adapted to the needs of regional authorities,’ says Pascal Mauberger, chairman and CEO of McPhy Energy. ‘We are very glad to be able to contribute in this way to strengthening the regional network, with a target for installing 100 refueling stations by 2018 by the industrial sector as part of the ‘Industry du Future’ plan.’ McPhy Energy started off by developing a metal hydride-based technique for storing hydrogen in solid form [FCB, August 2014, p8], and now also has a range of electrolyser products for the energy and mobility markets, including Power-to-Gas [FCB, March 2015, p9, and see the News Feature in FCB, June 2015]. The company has production sites in France, Germany and Italy, and an R&D lab in France. McPhy Energy, La Motte-Fanjas, France. Tel: +33 4 7571 1505, www.mcphy.com Valence Romans Sud Rhône-Alpes: www.valenceromansagglo.fr (in French)
NEL takes control of hydrogen station tech provider Hyme AS
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n Norway, NEL ASA has taken full control of Hyme AS, which provides design and technical solutions for
December 2015
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ITM Power station in service in Riverside, permission for CEME
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TM Power Inc has achieved operational status for its hydrogen fueling station in Riverside, California. And in the UK, parent company ITM Power has been granted full planning permission to construct a hydrogen station at the Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence in Rainham, east London. The Riverside station is the first electrolyserbased station to achieve this status under the California Energy Commission (CEC) 2014 funding programme for hydrogen fueling stations [FCB, June 2014, p6]. The station achieved this status in less than 11 weeks from issuance of the local permit, the quickest installation and commissioning of an onsite hydrogen generation fueling station so far. Achieving operational status on time ensures that ITM Power will receive the full $2.125 million grant, together with the maximum $300 000 allowance over three years for Operation & Maintenance (O&M). The next phase will see ITM confirm station operation with FCEV OEMs, and qualify the station with the Division of Measurement Standards in order to be able to sell fuel to the public. In the UK, ITM Power has been granted full planning permission from Havering Borough Council to construct the previously announced hydrogen station at the Centre for Engineering 8
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and Manufacturing Excellence (CEME) site in Rainham [FCB, October 2015, p8]. The CEME campus is situated on the A13 main road, close to both the Canary Wharf business district and the M25 London orbital motorway. ITM Power was chosen by the Hydrogen London partnership to be the hydrogen refueling station partner for London, with a contract to supply three electrolyser-based stations. Planning permission was awarded within eight weeks and received no objections, showing that it is becoming easier to gain permission for hydrogen refueling infrastructure in the UK [FCB, August 2004, p1]. The station will be deployed as part of the HyFIVE project [FCB, April 2014, p1], and open to the public next spring. The site has one of the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays in southern England, which will provide power to the hydrogen station. ITM Power has just signed an agreement with Ove Arup, for siting and business development of hydrogen refueling stations and hydrogen energy systems [see page 1]. ITM also recently inaugurated its first public hydrogen station, by the M1 motorway in South Yorkshire, and is partnering with Shell to deliver hydrogen stations at three retail forecourts [FCB, September 2015, p1]. ITM has also signed an agreement with Arcola Energy and Symbio FCell, to provide an integrated package of zero-emission commercial vehicles, onsite fueling and after-sales support for UK fleet operators [FCB, November 2015, p7, and see the ITM Power feature in FCB, January 2012]. ITM Power, Sheffield, UK. Tel: +44 114 244 5111, www.itm-power.com Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence: www.ceme.co.uk HyFIVE project: www.hyfive.eu Hydrogen London: www.hydrogenlondon.org
McPhy to supply hydrogen refueling station in Valence
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n France, McPhy Energy has been awarded the call for tender by the Valence Romans Sud Rhône-Alpes intercommunity authority, for its first hydrogen refueling station. This latest station is part of the national ‘Industrie du Futur’ plan, which anticipates 100 hydrogen refueling stations by 2018. After Lyon [FCB, October 2015, p9], Sarreguemines and Paris [FCB, November 2015, p8], the Valence facility is the fourth
French hydrogen refueling station that McPhy Energy has been awarded since August. McPhy and the Sarreguemines regional authority are members of the recently created Hydrogen Mobility Europe (H2ME) consortium, which will deploy a total of 325 fuel cell electric vehicles and 29 new hydrogen stations across Europe [see the News Feature on H2ME in FCB, October 2015]. Two years ago the Mobility Hydrogen France (Mobilité Hydrogène France) consortium was established, to boost the potential deployment of FCEVs in Europe, while strengthening renewable energy production capacities in regional France [FCB, August 2013, p2]. The Valence station, which is expected to be operational by the end of this year, will be equipped with McPhy Energy’s McFilling® modular solution for the hydrogen mobility market. This will supply a fleet of light utility vehicles for the intercommunity authority, as well as for 10 private operators. The station will be installed near the Valence-TGV station in Rovaltain, with two business parks housing regional technical departments and numerous service sector companies. ‘We are very pleased by this new success of our turnkey modular and streamlined solution, that is particularly well adapted to the needs of regional authorities,’ says Pascal Mauberger, chairman and CEO of McPhy Energy. ‘We are very glad to be able to contribute in this way to strengthening the regional network, with a target for installing 100 refueling stations by 2018 by the industrial sector as part of the ‘Industry du Future’ plan.’ McPhy Energy started off by developing a metal hydride-based technique for storing hydrogen in solid form [FCB, August 2014, p8], and now also has a range of electrolyser products for the energy and mobility markets, including Power-to-Gas [FCB, March 2015, p9, and see the News Feature in FCB, June 2015]. The company has production sites in France, Germany and Italy, and an R&D lab in France. McPhy Energy, La Motte-Fanjas, France. Tel: +33 4 7571 1505, www.mcphy.com Valence Romans Sud Rhône-Alpes: www.valenceromansagglo.fr (in French)
NEL takes control of hydrogen station tech provider Hyme AS
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n Norway, NEL ASA has taken full control of Hyme AS, which provides design and technical solutions for
December 2015