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Japan Leads the Way – Germany Stays Behind

Japan Leads the Way – Germany Stays Behind

by | May 3, 2017 | Asia

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Birgit Scheppat (r.) with Silke Frank, © Peter Sauber Agentur

The German pavilion at the 13th FC Expo held from March 1 through 3 this year in Japan’s capital was packed with exhibitors. One of the members of the joint booth was again the H2BZ-Initiative Hessen. Birgit Scheppat, board member and professor at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, traveled for the fair to Tokyo and reports for H2-international on her experiences. (more…)

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Gummert Leaves SOLIDpower

Gummert Leaves SOLIDpower

by | May 3, 2017 | Europe, Germany

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Guido Gummert, © SOLIDpower

“Everything has progressed at a much faster pace than I expected,” Guido Gummert, formerly CEO of SOLIDpower, had told the Aachener Nachrichten in early 2017. What he meant was the rapid turnaround at Ceramic Fuel Cells after it filed for bankruptcy in March 2015. After SOLIDpower took over Ceramic Fuel Cells, business recovered fast, but now Gummert left the Italian-based manufacturer of stationary fuel cells at the end of February 2017 at his own request. (more…)

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MCFC Power Plant in Hotel Use

MCFC Power Plant in Hotel Use

by | May 3, 2017 | Germany

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© Radisson Blu

After last year’s project of a 1.4 MW fuel cell power plant in Mannheim, energy supplier E.ON established a partnership with the Radisson Blu Hotel in Frankfurt, Germany, in mid-February 2017 to operate yet another industrial-grade fuel cell there. In addition to its distinct architectural features, the hotel is now to be equipped with a state-of-the-art energy system by FuelCell Energy Solutions. It is said to be installed during a fall 2017 project subsidized with EUR 800,000 (more…)

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Energy Storage Needs Political Backing

Energy Storage Needs Political Backing

by | May 3, 2017 | Europe, Germany

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T. Constantinescu listening to an explanation of P2G projects

Sector integration, flexibility, level playing field – these were the buzzwords during the Energy Storage from March 14 to 16, 2017, both at the trade show exhibits and during the conferences. They made it unmistakably clear that the main issues were no longer questions in basic research, but energy policy, competition and marketing. (more…)

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Green Gas Replaces Oil

Green Gas Replaces Oil

by | May 3, 2017 | Germany

Heat_marketThe heating industry continues to move forward with establishing natural gas as the go-to source for the energy supply of residential buildings, while increasingly adding efficient fuel cell technologies and eco-gas to the mix. The members of the Zukunft Erdgas advocacy group expect oil to no longer play an important role as an energy carrier in the medium term, as they believe it will gradually be replaced by renewable gases. A recent study has shown that this could lead to an around 80 percent cut in CO2 emissions from heat supply. (more…)