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Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited
18 April 2011
Company Announcement
18 April 2011
BlueGen chosen to power Amsterdam's leading sustainability
home
A consortium of innovative companies has installed a
gas-to-electricity powerplant in a 17th century canal house "De
Groene Bocht" in the centre of Amsterdam. This power plant uses the
world's most efficient fuel cell technology to convert gas into
electricity and heat.
The technology - BlueGen - enables "De Groene Bocht" to produce
most of the electricity it needs, on site. It is the first time
that this technology has been applied in an office environment.
The electrical efficiency of the BlueGen unit is over 60
percent, the highest electrical efficiency of any such technology
in the world. In addition, the recovered heat is used for domestic
hot water, bringing the total efficiency above 85 percent.
Besides the benefits of distributed generation of electricity
(no costs of centralised production and distribution) the new fuel
cell technology provides a direct carbon emission cut of more than
50% compared to the net carbon emissions in the Netherlands. In the
short term the unit will run on green gas making the unit's
operation climate neutral.
BlueGen units are manufactured by the Australian/German company
Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited.
This project fits well with the strategy of the various parties
in the consortium - Cool Endeavour, Eneco, Liander, GasTerra and
Amsterdam Smart City, to accelerate the energy transition. In this
energy transition the use of green gas and controllable
decentralized energy are the key components to balance the
fluctuations in the supply of solar and windpower.
Paddy Thompson, General Manager Business Development at Ceramic
Fuel Cells, said:
"The integration of BlueGen into De Groene Bocht proves that the
technology needed to create electricity and heat in a low-emission,
highly efficient way exists today, and its use is a significant
step towards achieving far-reaching cost and environmental benefits
at home and in the workplace. "This is an important first step into
the heritage market for BlueGen which can help older buildings -
which have notoriously poor carbon emission credentials due to
their age - substantially improve their carbon footprint."
Matthijs Guichelaar at Cool Endeavour, said:
"This is the first time a fuel cell has been installed in an
existing Dutch officebuilding. It is expected that in the near
future more companies will follow the lead of "De Groene Bocht".
The technology is likely to develop into a mass-market product and
should make an important contribution to the transition to a more
sustainable economy."
For further information please contact:
Ceramic Fuel Cells
Andrew Neilson Tel: +613 9554 2300
Email: investor@cfcl.com.au
Australia Media enquiries
Richard Allen, Oxygen Financial Tel: +613 9915 6341
Public Relations
UK Media enquiries Tel: +44 (0) 7786 116 991
Mark Way Email: Mark.W@harvardamerica.com
German Media enquiries Tel: +49 172 850 49 75
Matthias Baumgarten, PR Partner
GmbH
About Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited:
Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited is a world leader in developing fuel
cell technology to provide highly efficient and low-emission
electricity from widely available natural gas. Ceramic Fuel Cells
is developing fully integrated power and heating products with
leading energy companies E.ON UK in the United Kingdom, GdF Suez in
France and EWE in Germany. Ceramic Fuel Cells has sold more than 60
BlueGen gas-to-electricity generators to major utilities and other
foundation customers in Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland,
Italy, The Netherlands, Japan, Australia and the USA.
Ceramic Fuel Cells is listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM
market and the Australian Securities Exchange (code CFU).
Information about BlueGen can be found at www.bluegen.info
About "De Groene Bocht":
"De Groene Bocht" is a business centre with a mission. By
bringing together sustainable businesses and initiatives it
contributes to the acceleration of a sustainable society.
Cool Endeavour
Cool Endeavour Holding is a group of companies focusing on the
transition towards a sustainable economy. Cool Endeavour initiates
and invests in sustainable innovation and helps other businesses
with the rollout of the latest technologies. In this way, Cool
Endeavour makes tomorrow's world accessible today. Currently Cool
Endeavour from the following companies: We are cool, CUBE
Architecten, ZestiQ, "De Groene Bocht" and Clean Drinks.
About Eneco
Eneco Energy Company produces, distributes and supplies energy
(electricity, gas and heat and cold) and realizes sustainable
energy solutions. The ambition of Eneco is to have sustainable
energy for everyone. Eneco will invest with partners in renewable
energy such as wind, hydro, solar, biomass, heat and cold, and
local energy generation. Eneco is a mission partner of the World
Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the first energy company in the world
participating in the International Climate Savings program. In
total, Eneco serves approximately two million corporates and
consumer customers with energy for home, the office and living.
About Liander:
Liander is a company with a regional distribution network that
transports electricity to 2.9 million customers and gas to 2.1
million customers in the provinces of Gelderland, Noord-Holland and
large parts of Flevoland, Friesland and South Holland. To continue
to supply power continuously to its customers, we constantly work
on maintenance, expansion and innovation of our networks. Liander
is the core of the network company Alliander that has emerged from
the unbundling of Nuon into an energy company and a network
company
About GasTerra:
GasTerra is an international trading company in natural gas and
promotes a safe and efficient use of natural gas and is active in
the development of clean and efficient gas applications. GasTerra
recognizes the importance of the transition to a sustainable energy
supply and initiates projects in this context such as the
demonstration of fuel cells in buildings.
About Amsterdam Smart City:
Amsterdam, Smart City is an independent partner for climate and
energy projects. The platform is a joint venture between Amsterdam,
companies, institutions and governments, with the aim of smart
energy use and to test new technologies in Amsterdam. Amsterdam
Smart City is an initiative of the "Amsterdamse Innovatie Motor"
(AIM) and grid company Liander, in close cooperation with the
Municipality of Amsterdam. There have been a total of sixteen
sustainable projects launched since its inception in 2009 in the
field of working, living, mobility and public space.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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