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myFC setting up JV in China to launch JAQ charger in key market
NEWS affordable electricity while reducing greenhouse gas emissions [FCB, October 2015, p6]. ‘CSUSM is one of several CSU campuses to explore fuel cell technology, but we’re the first to use the Doosan model,’ says Linda Hawk, VP of finance and administrative services. ‘We anticipate this system will bring much-needed energy cost savings over the term of our contract, but what it means for our environmental stewardship strategy is more exciting.’ (FuelCell Energy has previously deployed systems for CSU in San Bernardino [FCB, December 2013, p7], East Bay [July 2010, p7], and Northridge [June 2006, p3].) Doosan FC was formed in 2014 following its acquisition of ClearEdge Power [FCB, July 2014, p5 and August 2014, p1]. The company is focusing on the PureCell Model 400 stationary products that ClearEdge Power acquired from UTC Power in early 2013 [January 2013, p8]. Meanwhile in Korea, Doosan Engineering & Construction has been selected as a preferred bidder for an engineering, procurement, and construction project to build a fuel cell power plant in the Songdo business district of Incheon. The project is commissioned jointly by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, Samchully, and Incheon Total Energy Co. The capacity of the proposed power plant is 39.6 MW, with an estimated total cost of 220 billion won (US$185 million), according to a report in The Korea Economic Daily. Doosan Fuel Cell America, South Windsor, Connecticut, USA. Tel: +1 860 727 2200, www.doosanfuelcell.com BioFuels Energy LLC: www.biofuelsenergyllc.com California State University San Marcos: www.csusm.edu Doosan Engineering & Construction: www.doosanenc.com
Toshiba H2One unit running in Yokohama, launches Truck Model
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n Japan, the first commercial unit of Toshiba’s H2One™ hydrogen-based autonomous energy supply system has started operation, as an emergency power supply and load management system at the City of Yokohama’s Port & Harbor Bureau. Toshiba has also released the H2One Truck Model, which offers improved mobility suitable for ensuring a flexible energy supply in the event of a disaster. The H2One system – launched a year ago [FCB, April 2015, p1] – integrates a lithium titanate SCiB™ battery for storing electrical energy, an electrolysis unit for producing 6
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hydrogen from water, a hydrogen storage tank, and a hydrogen fuel cell for generating electricity. The Yokohama system has been installed at the Yokohama Cargo Center (YCC) on Daikoku Futo, an artificial island and pier in the Port of Yokohama [FCB, December 2015, p6]. The YCC system is a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Model – if a disaster knocks out the Daikoku Futo power supply, the system will convert stored hydrogen to an electric output of up to 25 kW, allowing YCC to maintain communications for as long as 72 h, and help to secure continuity of port operations. In normal use the H2EMS™ hydrogen energy management system will support peak shifting, which optimises management of hydrogen production, power generation, and storage to reduce demand for grid power at times of high demand. Toshiba has already received an order from East Japan Railway Company, for an H2One BCP Model that will be integrated into an ‘ecoste’ environmentally friendly station in spring 2017 [FCB, April 2016, p6]. And a Resort Model, designed for regions with limited energy infrastructure or where hotel operators want to minimise their environmental footprint, is in operation at a hotel at the Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Nagasaki, on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu [November 2015, p5]. Toshiba has also added the H2One Truck Model to its line-up. A scaled-down version of the BCP Model installed in a disaster evacuation site in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo [FCB, April 2015, p1], the new system can be transported to disaster sites to provide 19 kW of electric power. The Truck Model is housed in two 4 tonne trucks. The hydrogen storage tank utilises a new hydrogen storage alloy with greatly improved high-density storage (250 Nm3), which contributes to system mobility and enhanced flexibility. Toshiba, Hydrogen Energy: https://www.toshiba-newenergy.com/en
Legrand using Bloom SOFC plant to power West Hartford base
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lectrical equipment manufacturer Legrand, North America has installed a 500 kW solid oxide fuel cell system, supplied by California-based Bloom Energy, to provide cleaner and more efficient power to its headquarters in West Hartford, Connecticut. The SOFC power plant will sit next to the company’s corporate offices and Wiremold manufacturing facility, and is expected to produce
up to 88% of the electricity for every building on its 6 acre (2.4 ha) campus. The SOFC system will reduce energy intensity by approximately 21%, and cut CO2 emissions by as much as 50% for the West Hartford facility. At system capacity, the net savings will be approximately $2.4 million over the first 10 years. In 2011, Legrand committed to reduce the energy intensity across 14 of its US facilities by 25% within 10 years, and reduce its West Hartford facility’s energy intensity by 10% in only two years. It met both goals within two years. ‘Legrand now has its sights set on achieving another 25% total reduction in energy intensity across all of its North American facilities from a 2012 baseline, and the fuel cell is going to help us meet that lofty goal here in West Hartford,’ says Susan Rochford, VP of energy efficiency, sustainability & public policy at Legrand, North America. Legrand is a global leader in building electrical and digital infrastructure solutions for residential, commercial, and industrial markets. Nearly 600 employees work at its West Hartford facility, which serves as its corporate headquarters and a manufacturing facility for its Wiremold product line. Bloom Energy currently has more than 200 projects across the US and in Japan, the latter through its joint venture with SoftBank [FCB, July 2014, p6]. Bloom is working with energy supplier Constellation to build an 800 kW fuel cell powered microgrid system in the Parkville neighbourhood of Hartford [see page 5], and also to develop 40 MW of SOFC projects for commercial and public sector customers in California, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York [August 2015, p1]. Bloom recently announced that it is installing a 750 kW system at the global headquarters of Morgan Stanley, in the Times Square district of New York City [February 2016, p5]. Bloom Energy, Sunnyvale, California, USA. Tel: +1 408 543 1500, www.bloomenergy.com Legrand, North America: www.Legrand.us
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myFC setting up JV in China to launch JAQ charger in key market
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wedish-based myFC is launching its JAQ fuel cell charger in the Chinese market, through a collaboration agreement with investment company Novel Unicorn in Hong Kong. The partners are setting up a joint
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NEWS venture company, which will work on marketing and sales of the JAQ in one of the world’s fastest-growing mobile telephony markets. The joint venture company, myFC Asia Ltd, will initially be 70% owned by Novel Unicorn and 30% by myFC Holding AB. Novel Unicorn has extensive experience in the fields of telecom, fine tech, and access solutions in the Chinese market. The JV agreement includes predetermined targets for sales volumes and income from the Chinese market extending up to and including 2018. On the condition that these goals are consistently met, Novel Unicorn has the right to remuneration in the form of warrants in myFC Holding. Within the framework of the agreement, myFC Holding has an option to increase its ownership in myFC Asia from the original 30% up to 100%, which is also tied to the achievement of certain sales targets. The option is valid for up to nine months from the creation of the company. In connection with the creation of the myFC Asia joint venture, myFC China will be established as a fully owned subsidiary of myFC Asia, headquartered in Beijing. myFC unveiled the JAQ charger in early 2015 [FCB, March 2015, p6]. It recently signed an exclusive agreement with the ‘du’ mobile network carrier to distribute and market the JAQ charger in the United Arab Emirates, and a distribution agreement with Mobileistic for the American market [January 2016, p6]. In Sweden, JAQ will be sold with mobile operator 3 [November 2015, p6], and on the myFC website. The company is using new robot technology from ABB to produce PowerCards, in a collaboration that will build myFC’s first factory in Sweden [December 2015, p7].
condition monitoring. Its mobile surveillance systems are utilised by local authorities, police forces, housing associations, train operators, construction companies, utility providers and contractors, as well as commercial organisations and integrators. The company’s all-in-one Rapid Deployment CCTV Towers are engineered to meet the challenge of securing remote sites; to ensure uninterrupted off-grid power availability, it has launched a tower solution with integrated EFOY Pro fuel cells. ‘We selected the EFOY Pro fuel cell specifically for those demanding scenarios where unattended site security must be ensured for longer periods of time,’ says David Gilbertson, managing director of WCCTV. ‘In the past, this proved a major challenge for other alternative power sources like generators or solar modules.’ ‘With the EFOY Pro fuel cells we can now ensure up to eight weeks of unattended operation,’ he continues. ‘This is highly attractive for operators of temporary or mobile construction sites, event organisers, and site protection companies. With the fuel cell they can save up to 75% of logistics costs.’ SFC Energy offers a portfolio of portable, mobile, stationary, and vehicle-based DMFCs for a wide variety of applications, with more than 35 000 fuel cells sold [see the SFC feature in FCB, January 2013]. Its EFOY Pro fuel cells power surveillance systems for the French Ministry of Defence [January 2016, p1], and are also being integrated into autonomous energy systems for geophysical services across Russia [November 2015, p4].
Municipal transport), partly financed by the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking [FCB, April 2013, p8]. This project aims to supply a fleet of 90 hydrogen-powered cars in the Brussels region in Belgium, the WeserEms region in northwestern Germany, and the English Midlands. The new station, located on land provided by Toyota Motor Europe [November 2015, p9], connects Belgium to Europe’s growing hydrogen refueling network. The station can refuel 30–40 vehicles per day, in less than five minutes each. The zero-carbon hydrogen is produced by electrolysis, and is part of Air Liquide’s Blue Hydrogen programme, which aims to progressively decarbonise its hydrogen production for energy applications. Air Liquide has already launched several hydrogen refueling stations in Europe for use by the public, particularly in the Netherlands [FCB, October 2014, p7], Germany [December 2014, p9], and France [June 2015, p8]. Other stations are also being rolled out in the US [see page 9] and Japan [January 2016, p7]. ‘The project includes 17 beneficiaries from four different Member States,’ says Jean-Luc Delplancke, head of operations for FCH2 JU. ‘Most of these beneficiaries are SMEs [small and medium-sized enterprises] or research institutes, showing the importance of SMEs’ involvement in the FCH JU programme, and illustrating the innovation potential of these SMEs.’ The 50 new concept cars to be built and operated in the SWARM project are not being built by the traditional automotive OEMs, but by SMEs such as H2O e-mobile in Germany, and Microcab and Riversimple in the UK.
SFC Energy, Brunnthal/Munich, Germany. Tel: +49 89 673 5920, www.sfc.com or www.efoy-pro.com
Air Liquide, Hydrogen Energy: http://tinyurl.com/airliquide-hydrogen-energy
WCCTV, Fuel Cell Site Tower: www.wcctv.co.uk/rapid-deployment-fuel-cell-site-tower
myFC AB, Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: +46 8 5000 0200, www.myfcpower.com
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SFC’s EFOY Pro for mobile CCTV tower surveillance systems
Air Liquide installs first public hydrogen station in Belgium
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rench industrial gases leader Air Liquide recently opened the first public hydrogen refueling station in Belgium, at Zaventem, near Brussels. The station, which has been designed, installed and will be operated by Air Liquide, marks the first use of hydrogen for clean energy in Belgium. The hydrogen station was built as part of the SWARM project (Small 4-Wheel fuel cell passenger vehicle Applications in Regional and
SWARM project: www.swarm-project.eu Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking: www.fch.europa.eu
H2 Logic plans world’s largest station factory, launches new station
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anish company H2 Logic is purchasing a new facility, near its current base in Herning, to develop a large-scale factory to produce hydrogen fueling stations. The company has also launched the next-generation H2Station® CAR-200 hydrogen fueling station, with triple the fueling capacity in one-third of the footprint of the previous CAR-100 model. H2 Logic – a subsidiary of Norwegian-based NEL ASA [FCB, June 2015, p8] – will begin to
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Toshiba H2One unit running in Yokohama, launches Truck Model
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n Japan, the first commercial unit of Toshiba’s H2One™ hydrogen-based autonomous energy supply system has started operation, as an emergency power supply and load management system at the City of Yokohama’s Port & Harbor Bureau. Toshiba has also released the H2One Truck Model, which offers improved mobility suitable for ensuring a flexible energy supply in the event of a disaster. The H2One system – launched a year ago [FCB, April 2015, p1] – integrates a lithium titanate SCiB™ battery for storing electrical energy, an electrolysis unit for producing 6
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hydrogen from water, a hydrogen storage tank, and a hydrogen fuel cell for generating electricity. The Yokohama system has been installed at the Yokohama Cargo Center (YCC) on Daikoku Futo, an artificial island and pier in the Port of Yokohama [FCB, December 2015, p6]. The YCC system is a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Model – if a disaster knocks out the Daikoku Futo power supply, the system will convert stored hydrogen to an electric output of up to 25 kW, allowing YCC to maintain communications for as long as 72 h, and help to secure continuity of port operations. In normal use the H2EMS™ hydrogen energy management system will support peak shifting, which optimises management of hydrogen production, power generation, and storage to reduce demand for grid power at times of high demand. Toshiba has already received an order from East Japan Railway Company, for an H2One BCP Model that will be integrated into an ‘ecoste’ environmentally friendly station in spring 2017 [FCB, April 2016, p6]. And a Resort Model, designed for regions with limited energy infrastructure or where hotel operators want to minimise their environmental footprint, is in operation at a hotel at the Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Nagasaki, on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu [November 2015, p5]. Toshiba has also added the H2One Truck Model to its line-up. A scaled-down version of the BCP Model installed in a disaster evacuation site in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo [FCB, April 2015, p1], the new system can be transported to disaster sites to provide 19 kW of electric power. The Truck Model is housed in two 4 tonne trucks. The hydrogen storage tank utilises a new hydrogen storage alloy with greatly improved high-density storage (250 Nm3), which contributes to system mobility and enhanced flexibility. Toshiba, Hydrogen Energy: https://www.toshiba-newenergy.com/en
Legrand using Bloom SOFC plant to power West Hartford base
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lectrical equipment manufacturer Legrand, North America has installed a 500 kW solid oxide fuel cell system, supplied by California-based Bloom Energy, to provide cleaner and more efficient power to its headquarters in West Hartford, Connecticut. The SOFC power plant will sit next to the company’s corporate offices and Wiremold manufacturing facility, and is expected to produce
up to 88% of the electricity for every building on its 6 acre (2.4 ha) campus. The SOFC system will reduce energy intensity by approximately 21%, and cut CO2 emissions by as much as 50% for the West Hartford facility. At system capacity, the net savings will be approximately $2.4 million over the first 10 years. In 2011, Legrand committed to reduce the energy intensity across 14 of its US facilities by 25% within 10 years, and reduce its West Hartford facility’s energy intensity by 10% in only two years. It met both goals within two years. ‘Legrand now has its sights set on achieving another 25% total reduction in energy intensity across all of its North American facilities from a 2012 baseline, and the fuel cell is going to help us meet that lofty goal here in West Hartford,’ says Susan Rochford, VP of energy efficiency, sustainability & public policy at Legrand, North America. Legrand is a global leader in building electrical and digital infrastructure solutions for residential, commercial, and industrial markets. Nearly 600 employees work at its West Hartford facility, which serves as its corporate headquarters and a manufacturing facility for its Wiremold product line. Bloom Energy currently has more than 200 projects across the US and in Japan, the latter through its joint venture with SoftBank [FCB, July 2014, p6]. Bloom is working with energy supplier Constellation to build an 800 kW fuel cell powered microgrid system in the Parkville neighbourhood of Hartford [see page 5], and also to develop 40 MW of SOFC projects for commercial and public sector customers in California, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York [August 2015, p1]. Bloom recently announced that it is installing a 750 kW system at the global headquarters of Morgan Stanley, in the Times Square district of New York City [February 2016, p5]. Bloom Energy, Sunnyvale, California, USA. Tel: +1 408 543 1500, www.bloomenergy.com Legrand, North America: www.Legrand.us
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myFC setting up JV in China to launch JAQ charger in key market
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wedish-based myFC is launching its JAQ fuel cell charger in the Chinese market, through a collaboration agreement with investment company Novel Unicorn in Hong Kong. The partners are setting up a joint
May 2016
NEWS venture company, which will work on marketing and sales of the JAQ in one of the world’s fastest-growing mobile telephony markets. The joint venture company, myFC Asia Ltd, will initially be 70% owned by Novel Unicorn and 30% by myFC Holding AB. Novel Unicorn has extensive experience in the fields of telecom, fine tech, and access solutions in the Chinese market. The JV agreement includes predetermined targets for sales volumes and income from the Chinese market extending up to and including 2018. On the condition that these goals are consistently met, Novel Unicorn has the right to remuneration in the form of warrants in myFC Holding. Within the framework of the agreement, myFC Holding has an option to increase its ownership in myFC Asia from the original 30% up to 100%, which is also tied to the achievement of certain sales targets. The option is valid for up to nine months from the creation of the company. In connection with the creation of the myFC Asia joint venture, myFC China will be established as a fully owned subsidiary of myFC Asia, headquartered in Beijing. myFC unveiled the JAQ charger in early 2015 [FCB, March 2015, p6]. It recently signed an exclusive agreement with the ‘du’ mobile network carrier to distribute and market the JAQ charger in the United Arab Emirates, and a distribution agreement with Mobileistic for the American market [January 2016, p6]. In Sweden, JAQ will be sold with mobile operator 3 [November 2015, p6], and on the myFC website. The company is using new robot technology from ABB to produce PowerCards, in a collaboration that will build myFC’s first factory in Sweden [December 2015, p7].
condition monitoring. Its mobile surveillance systems are utilised by local authorities, police forces, housing associations, train operators, construction companies, utility providers and contractors, as well as commercial organisations and integrators. The company’s all-in-one Rapid Deployment CCTV Towers are engineered to meet the challenge of securing remote sites; to ensure uninterrupted off-grid power availability, it has launched a tower solution with integrated EFOY Pro fuel cells. ‘We selected the EFOY Pro fuel cell specifically for those demanding scenarios where unattended site security must be ensured for longer periods of time,’ says David Gilbertson, managing director of WCCTV. ‘In the past, this proved a major challenge for other alternative power sources like generators or solar modules.’ ‘With the EFOY Pro fuel cells we can now ensure up to eight weeks of unattended operation,’ he continues. ‘This is highly attractive for operators of temporary or mobile construction sites, event organisers, and site protection companies. With the fuel cell they can save up to 75% of logistics costs.’ SFC Energy offers a portfolio of portable, mobile, stationary, and vehicle-based DMFCs for a wide variety of applications, with more than 35 000 fuel cells sold [see the SFC feature in FCB, January 2013]. Its EFOY Pro fuel cells power surveillance systems for the French Ministry of Defence [January 2016, p1], and are also being integrated into autonomous energy systems for geophysical services across Russia [November 2015, p4].
Municipal transport), partly financed by the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking [FCB, April 2013, p8]. This project aims to supply a fleet of 90 hydrogen-powered cars in the Brussels region in Belgium, the WeserEms region in northwestern Germany, and the English Midlands. The new station, located on land provided by Toyota Motor Europe [November 2015, p9], connects Belgium to Europe’s growing hydrogen refueling network. The station can refuel 30–40 vehicles per day, in less than five minutes each. The zero-carbon hydrogen is produced by electrolysis, and is part of Air Liquide’s Blue Hydrogen programme, which aims to progressively decarbonise its hydrogen production for energy applications. Air Liquide has already launched several hydrogen refueling stations in Europe for use by the public, particularly in the Netherlands [FCB, October 2014, p7], Germany [December 2014, p9], and France [June 2015, p8]. Other stations are also being rolled out in the US [see page 9] and Japan [January 2016, p7]. ‘The project includes 17 beneficiaries from four different Member States,’ says Jean-Luc Delplancke, head of operations for FCH2 JU. ‘Most of these beneficiaries are SMEs [small and medium-sized enterprises] or research institutes, showing the importance of SMEs’ involvement in the FCH JU programme, and illustrating the innovation potential of these SMEs.’ The 50 new concept cars to be built and operated in the SWARM project are not being built by the traditional automotive OEMs, but by SMEs such as H2O e-mobile in Germany, and Microcab and Riversimple in the UK.
SFC Energy, Brunnthal/Munich, Germany. Tel: +49 89 673 5920, www.sfc.com or www.efoy-pro.com
Air Liquide, Hydrogen Energy: http://tinyurl.com/airliquide-hydrogen-energy
WCCTV, Fuel Cell Site Tower: www.wcctv.co.uk/rapid-deployment-fuel-cell-site-tower
myFC AB, Stockholm, Sweden. Tel: +46 8 5000 0200, www.myfcpower.com
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SFC’s EFOY Pro for mobile CCTV tower surveillance systems
Air Liquide installs first public hydrogen station in Belgium
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erman-based SFC Energy has supplied more than 60 of its popular EFOY Pro direct methanol fuel cells to Wireless CCTV Ltd (WCCTV) in Manchester, UK, which has deployed them integrated into its Rapid Deployment CCTV Towers over the last two years. WCCTV is a leading global provider of redeployable CCTV (closed-circuit TV), site security, body-worn cameras, and remote
May 2016
rench industrial gases leader Air Liquide recently opened the first public hydrogen refueling station in Belgium, at Zaventem, near Brussels. The station, which has been designed, installed and will be operated by Air Liquide, marks the first use of hydrogen for clean energy in Belgium. The hydrogen station was built as part of the SWARM project (Small 4-Wheel fuel cell passenger vehicle Applications in Regional and
SWARM project: www.swarm-project.eu Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking: www.fch.europa.eu
H2 Logic plans world’s largest station factory, launches new station
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anish company H2 Logic is purchasing a new facility, near its current base in Herning, to develop a large-scale factory to produce hydrogen fueling stations. The company has also launched the next-generation H2Station® CAR-200 hydrogen fueling station, with triple the fueling capacity in one-third of the footprint of the previous CAR-100 model. H2 Logic – a subsidiary of Norwegian-based NEL ASA [FCB, June 2015, p8] – will begin to
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