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Two hydrogen stations in Korea from Air Liquide
NEWS increased energy density, while meeting military standards and offering manufacturing efficiency. UltraCell will apply the new funding to build 65 fuel cell systems based on its XX55™ reformed methanol fuel cell (RMFC). The XX55 has been demonstrated in military exercises in support of current operations. Designed to power electronic equipment such as military radios and rugged laptops, the XX55 is also capable of recharging military batteries such as the BB-2590 and Li-80/145, which the company sees as key to the success of portable fuel cell systems in the field. These capabilities, coupled with the XX55’s fuel cell/ battery hybridization, which allows the system to provide greater peak power for startup of devices like rugged laptops, make the XX55 an ideal portable power supply for the 50 W program. In addition to expanding development of the portable fuel cell systems, UltraCell will also use the funding to design an accessories kit, to extend capabilities outside the program’s minimum requirements, such as expanded batteryrecharging technology. ‘Advanced portable fuel cell technology will play a key role in the future of the US dismounted warfighter,’ observes USAF Lieutenant Mark Roosz, program manager of the effort at the AFRL. UltraCell Corporation, Livermore, California, USA. Tel: +1 925 455 9400, www.ultracellpower.com
FUELING
Hydrogenics electrolyzer for latest California hydrogen station
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anadian-based Hydrogenics has been awarded a contract for one of its HySTAT-30 electrolyzers to be used at a hydrogen fueling station in Los Angeles. The fueling station will serve vehicles as part of California’s Hydrogen Highway initiative [see the feature in FCB, November 2009]. Hydrogenics has previously supplied an electrolyzer-based hydrogen generation system to Shell Hydrogen, for a similar fueling station on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Los Angeles. ‘California’s Hydrogen Highway network is meant to support the increasing number of zeroemission vehicles that will be available over the coming years,’ observes Daryl Wilson, president/ CEO of Hydrogenics. ‘A large, reliable fueling infrastructure is critical to the mass adoption of alternative energy vehicles, and Hydrogenics is well positioned for the requisite hydrogen generation.’ 8
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‘By 2017, the State of California estimates that 50 to 100 retail hydrogen stations will be necessary to meet the demand created by both automotive and bus deployments,’ continues Wilson. ‘Hydrogenics will continue to seek out opportunities for our unique technologies to assist in this rapid growth.’ Hydrogenics is a globally recognized developer and provider of hydrogen generation and PEM fuel cell products and services, serving the growing industrial and clean energy markets. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with operations in the US, Europe, and China. Hydrogenics Corporation, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Tel: +1 905 361 3660, www.hydrogenics.com Shell Hydrogen: www.shell.com/hydrogen California Hydrogen Highway Network: www.HydrogenHighway.ca.gov
Two hydrogen stations in Korea from Air Liquide
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ir Liquide has been chosen to supply two new hydrogen fueling stations in South Korea, designed and developed by the group’s Advanced Technologies teams. The first station will be delivered in the first quarter of 2010, for a government demonstration project led by the automaker Hyundai Motor Company. The station, which will supply hydrogen at a pressure of 350 bar (5000 psi), will be installed within the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), located on the island of Jeju. KIER, the leading Korean R&D institute for renewable energy, is one of the beneficiaries of the Korean government’s national plan to promote the development of hydrogen energy. This station will supply a new fuel cell vehicle developed by Hyundai Motor. The second station will be delivered in the second quarter of 2010, to the Korea Automobile Testing & Research Institute (KATRI). It will include dual-pressure technology developed by Air Liquide for different types of fuel cell vehicles. The station will be used to fuel a bus at a pressure of 350 bar, and various cars at pressures of 350 or 700 bar (10 000 psi). The station will be installed close to the KATRI Gyeonggi-do race track, which is used for testing and research to improve vehicle safety. The hydrogen fueling stations for Korea are based on Air Liquide’s patented technologies, which enable vehicles to fill up in less than
5 min in the same conditions as conventional fuels, for a driving range that can reach up to 500 km (310 miles) for some vehicles. Over the last four years, Air Liquide has designed, built, and commissioned hydrogen fueling stations around the world, with 46 hydrogen stations installed to date. In Canada, Vancouver and Montreal airports are installing Air Liquide stations to supply part of their fleet of commercial vehicles [FCB, December and June 2009]. Another station will supply the fleet of 20 hydrogen fuel cell buses that are being deployed during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler and Vancouver. ‘These new installations in Korea are contributing to putting in place all the conditions required for the successful deployment of hydrogen energy in transport by 2015,’ says François Darchis, senior vice-president at Air Liquide Group, in charge of R&D, Advanced Technologies and Engineering & Construction. ‘They illustrate the increasing number of demonstration projects, and the development of this energy vector.’ Air Liquide is the general coordinator of the European Hychain-Minitrans program, which is field testing a range of hydrogen vehicles in four European regions. The group is also coordinating the Horizon Hydrogen Energy (H2E) program, supported by the French agency for innovation, OSEO. Air Liquide Advanced Technologies, Sassenage, France. Tel: +33 4 7643 6211, www.dta.airliquide.com Air Liquide, Planet Hydrogen: www.hydrogen-planet. com Horizon Hydrogen Energy (H2E) program: www.hydrogen-planet.com/en/notre-engagement/theprogra-hydrogen-energy-h2e.html Hychain-Minitrans: www.hychain.org
COMMERCIALIZATION
CFCL wins financing, regional grant for German plant
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ustralian-based Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd has won financing for part of the costs of its solid oxide fuel cell volume manufacturing plant in Germany. The plant is located in the Industriepark Oberbruch, 40 minutes’ drive from Düsseldorf in the Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) region, and was officially opened in October [FCB, October 2009]. Ceramic Fuel Cells has received a regional development grant of E1.386 million (US$2m)
January 2010
FUELING
Hydrogenics electrolyzer for latest California hydrogen station
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anadian-based Hydrogenics has been awarded a contract for one of its HySTAT-30 electrolyzers to be used at a hydrogen fueling station in Los Angeles. The fueling station will serve vehicles as part of California’s Hydrogen Highway initiative [see the feature in FCB, November 2009]. Hydrogenics has previously supplied an electrolyzer-based hydrogen generation system to Shell Hydrogen, for a similar fueling station on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Los Angeles. ‘California’s Hydrogen Highway network is meant to support the increasing number of zeroemission vehicles that will be available over the coming years,’ observes Daryl Wilson, president/ CEO of Hydrogenics. ‘A large, reliable fueling infrastructure is critical to the mass adoption of alternative energy vehicles, and Hydrogenics is well positioned for the requisite hydrogen generation.’ 8
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‘By 2017, the State of California estimates that 50 to 100 retail hydrogen stations will be necessary to meet the demand created by both automotive and bus deployments,’ continues Wilson. ‘Hydrogenics will continue to seek out opportunities for our unique technologies to assist in this rapid growth.’ Hydrogenics is a globally recognized developer and provider of hydrogen generation and PEM fuel cell products and services, serving the growing industrial and clean energy markets. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with operations in the US, Europe, and China. Hydrogenics Corporation, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Tel: +1 905 361 3660, www.hydrogenics.com Shell Hydrogen: www.shell.com/hydrogen California Hydrogen Highway Network: www.HydrogenHighway.ca.gov
Two hydrogen stations in Korea from Air Liquide
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ir Liquide has been chosen to supply two new hydrogen fueling stations in South Korea, designed and developed by the group’s Advanced Technologies teams. The first station will be delivered in the first quarter of 2010, for a government demonstration project led by the automaker Hyundai Motor Company. The station, which will supply hydrogen at a pressure of 350 bar (5000 psi), will be installed within the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), located on the island of Jeju. KIER, the leading Korean R&D institute for renewable energy, is one of the beneficiaries of the Korean government’s national plan to promote the development of hydrogen energy. This station will supply a new fuel cell vehicle developed by Hyundai Motor. The second station will be delivered in the second quarter of 2010, to the Korea Automobile Testing & Research Institute (KATRI). It will include dual-pressure technology developed by Air Liquide for different types of fuel cell vehicles. The station will be used to fuel a bus at a pressure of 350 bar, and various cars at pressures of 350 or 700 bar (10 000 psi). The station will be installed close to the KATRI Gyeonggi-do race track, which is used for testing and research to improve vehicle safety. The hydrogen fueling stations for Korea are based on Air Liquide’s patented technologies, which enable vehicles to fill up in less than
5 min in the same conditions as conventional fuels, for a driving range that can reach up to 500 km (310 miles) for some vehicles. Over the last four years, Air Liquide has designed, built, and commissioned hydrogen fueling stations around the world, with 46 hydrogen stations installed to date. In Canada, Vancouver and Montreal airports are installing Air Liquide stations to supply part of their fleet of commercial vehicles [FCB, December and June 2009]. Another station will supply the fleet of 20 hydrogen fuel cell buses that are being deployed during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler and Vancouver. ‘These new installations in Korea are contributing to putting in place all the conditions required for the successful deployment of hydrogen energy in transport by 2015,’ says François Darchis, senior vice-president at Air Liquide Group, in charge of R&D, Advanced Technologies and Engineering & Construction. ‘They illustrate the increasing number of demonstration projects, and the development of this energy vector.’ Air Liquide is the general coordinator of the European Hychain-Minitrans program, which is field testing a range of hydrogen vehicles in four European regions. The group is also coordinating the Horizon Hydrogen Energy (H2E) program, supported by the French agency for innovation, OSEO. Air Liquide Advanced Technologies, Sassenage, France. Tel: +33 4 7643 6211, www.dta.airliquide.com Air Liquide, Planet Hydrogen: www.hydrogen-planet. com Horizon Hydrogen Energy (H2E) program: www.hydrogen-planet.com/en/notre-engagement/theprogra-hydrogen-energy-h2e.html Hychain-Minitrans: www.hychain.org
COMMERCIALIZATION
CFCL wins financing, regional grant for German plant
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ustralian-based Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd has won financing for part of the costs of its solid oxide fuel cell volume manufacturing plant in Germany. The plant is located in the Industriepark Oberbruch, 40 minutes’ drive from Düsseldorf in the Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) region, and was officially opened in October [FCB, October 2009]. Ceramic Fuel Cells has received a regional development grant of E1.386 million (US$2m)
January 2010