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AFC announces industrial scale generation from hydrogen fuel cells
- 12 years ago (2012-01-17)
- David Flin
Shares in industrial alkaline fuel cell maker AFC Energy have risen on the company’s announcement that it has started electrical power generation at AkzoNobel's Bitterfeld plant in Germany.
The company had previously announced in early October that it had completed commissioning of two hydrogen fuelled, commercial-scale systems at the plant. The ‘beta fuel cell’ systems have been generating electrical power at the site since late last year, AFC has reported.
This new announcement follows the continuing of a series of trials of the same beta system installed at the company’s UK facilities. The company expects to be able to publish results from the trials soon after their completion.
Chief executive Ian Williamson said: "This development is significant because it confirms our route forwards and paves the way for the commercialisation of the technology for industrial power generation in our primary target markets. We are collecting data to demonstrate the successful operation of the fuel cell in this industrial application."
