Nel wins additional Shell orders under California contract

Nel wins additional Shell orders under California contract

NEWS a Memorandum of Understanding with its Korean partner POSCO Energy, to use an existing FCE subsidiary to directly develop the Asian fuel cell bus...

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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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