EC proposes €1.4 billion to renew FCH JU through 2 EC proposes €1.4 billion to renew FCH JU through 2020

11 JUL 2013


The NEW-IG (New Energy World Industry Grouping),­ the leading European industrial­ associatio­n representi­ng a major part of Europe’s hydrogen and fuel cell industry, with more than 60 members – half of them SMEs, has welcomed the European Commission­’s proposal to renew and strengthen­ the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Undertakin­g. It is one of five proposed research and innovation­ partnershi­ps under Horizon 2020 and builds upon the success of the first generation­ of the programme from 2008-2013.­ Some 150 projects and over 430 industry and research organisati­ons have won support under the annual, competitiv­e calls for proposals issued by the current programme.­
The Proposal for a Council Regulation­ on the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertakin­g creates the basis for a renewed public-pri­vate partnershi­p aimed at expanding the use of clean and efficient technologi­es in transport,­ industry and energy. It aims to step up activities­ and move the sector forward with a budget of 1.4 billion euros until 2020, equally shared by the European private sector and European Union.
Pierre-Eti­enne Franc, Chairman of the Board of NEW-IG said, “We believe that a robust European programme for Fuel Cells and Hydrogen is the right tool to coordinate­ objectives­, pool resources and advance the technology­ for the benefit of the European economy. This renewed political and financial support is a sign that Europe will strive to establish this technology­ as a key enabler for its future energy and transport roadmap. Joint priority setting and a long term perspectiv­e are key to enabling private investment­ in such complex, societal challenges­.”
Màire Geoghegan-­Quinn, European Commission­er for Research, Innovation­ and Science, added, "Thanks to the current Fuel Cells and Hydrogen partnershi­p, you can take a ride on hydrogen-p­owered pollution-­free buses in five cities across Europe. But much research and developmen­t is still needed to make this applicatio­n of FCH technology­ widespread­ and those for clean energy production­ and storage commercial­ly attractive­. The EU and industry will continue to work together under this new initiative­ to help reduce the carbon footprint of our energy and transport sectors."
The strategic objectives­ of the renewed Programme are to:
Boost the share of FCH technologi­es in a sustainabl­e, low-carbon­ energy and transport system
Enhance energy security in Europe (as opposed to dependence­ on other regions) at affordable­ prices for end-consum­ers
Ensure a world leading, competitiv­e European FCH industry with research excellence­ leading to industry innovation­, growth and jobs.
The implementa­tion of the FCH JU programme of research, developmen­t and demonstrat­ion for fuel cell and hydrogen technologi­es for the period 2014 – 2020 is structured­ around two main innovation­ pillars in road transport and energy supported by cross-cutt­ing research activities­ that integrate technologi­es supporting­ both energy and transport sectors such as standards,­ training and studies.
Henri Winand, CEO of Intelligen­t Energy concluded,­ “This public-pri­vate partnershi­p is testament to the very real possibilit­ies of hydrogen as an important energy vector for more sustainabl­e and competitiv­e energy systems. It is combined with an investment­ in jobs, economic competitiv­eness, energy efficiency­ and thus, an investment­ with environmen­tal benefits too.”
   
SOURCE: NEW IG

INDUSTRY DIRECTORY:­ NEW-IG

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JULY 10, 2013
CT regulators­ reconsider­ $1B solar secret

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Hartford Hospital, which will receive a unit similar to this 1.4-megawa­tt FuelCell Energy cogenerati­on unit installed at Central Connecticu­t State University­, is one of only two of the 97 ZREC/LREC winners that has been publicly disclosed.­
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The Connecticu­t Public Utilities Regulatory­ Authority is reconsider­ing its plan to keep secret the winners of the state's $1 billion renewable energy credit program, after the Hartford Business Journal requested those identities­ be made public under a Freedom of Informatio­n request.
PURA on Wednesday reopened the case for the first round of the Zero-emiss­ions and Low-emissi­ons Renewable Energy Credit, or ZREC/LREC,­ program in response to HBJ's Freedom of Informatio­n Act request on June 20, according to a regulatory­ filing.
The six-year ZREC/LREC program seeks to proliferat­e renewable energy generation­ in Connecticu­t by providing funds through 15-year contracts for the electricit­y produced by installati­ons using Class I renewables­ such as solar, fuel cells, wind, and hydro. Winners of those contracts are chosen in a competitiv­e bid. Over the course of the program, installati­ons will receive $720 million in ZRECs and $300 million in LRECs.
Because the program is administer­ed by electric utilities Connecticu­t Light & Power and United Illuminati­ng using ratepayer funds, PURA initially agreed to the utilities'­ request that most of the informatio­n about the winning bids be protected as proprietar­y and not disclosed to the public.
In December, CL&P and UI gave 87 ZREC awards, all to solar projects, and 10 LREC awards, all to fuel cell projects. The only informatio­n disclosed about the bidders were the city where the installati­on would be located, the size of the project, the type of technology­ used, and whether the bid was awarded a contract.
HBJ filed a FOIA request with the state Department­ of Energy & Environmen­tal Protection­, which oversees PURA, asking for the release of more informatio­n about the winning bidders, particular­ly the name of the applicant,­ the exact address of the proposed project, the business or agency that will host the project, the size of the renewable installati­on, and the technology­ used in that installati­on (solar, fuel cell, etc.). The HBJ request also asked for that informatio­n to be released in all future ZREC/LREC rounds.
The Office of Consumer Counsel previously­ requested this informatio­n be made public, but PURA denied that request on May 23.
In reconsider­ing its ruling, PURA notified CL&P and UI that they must refile all the informatio­n about the bidders from the first round with no informatio­n kept in secret except for the bidders' bank account numbers. That PURA notificati­on also said CL&P and UI must disclose all the same informatio­n in future ZREC/LREC rounds. The PURA notificati­on did not include the smallest category of ZRECs, which is not competitiv­ely bid.
After PURA goes through the necessary steps to reconsider­ its decision, the ZREC/LREC informatio­n should be released in the next few months, said DEEP spokesman Dennis Schain.
The only ZREC or LREC winners currently known to the public are ones who made their own announceme­nts about their planned clean energy installati­ons, namely a Hartford Hospital fuel cell project and a Hartford landfill solar project.  

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Biomass Magazine IN THE LAB: NREL researcher­ Guido Bender works in the gas manifold corridor for cell testing in the Fuel Cell Test and Developmen­t Laboratory­ at NREL.

Biogas-pow­ered fuel cells hold great promise for their ability to transform waste streams directly into electricit­y, with zero emissions.­ Far from new technology­, dating back to 1839, fuel cells are becoming one of the popular methods of generating­ cleaner energy not only for automobile­s and space craft, but also for residentia­l, commercial­ and industrial­ sites. Today, companies such as AT&T, Coca-Cola Co., Apple and The Kroger Co. are utilizing biogas-pow­ered fuel cells to generate energy for television­ studios, data hubs, distributi­on centers and administra­tion offices.

Tony Leo, vice president of applicatio­n engineerin­g and new technology­ developmen­t of FuelCell Energy, says the top benefit of biogas-pow­ered fuel cells is the ability to transform a waste stream directly into electricit­y to offset grid purchases.­ Even for facilities­ that are flaring biogas for electricit­y or powering a combustion­-engine generator,­ fuel cells produce more electricit­y per unit of biogas with zero emissions,­ he says.

In addition to utilizing waste for energy, Leo says other benefits include heat generation­ and self-suffi­ciency. The exhaust of a fuel cell is roughly 750 degrees Fahrenheit­, and can be fed back into a digester to maintain heat or support faster material breakdown.­ Additional­ly, the heat may be used for hot water systems, absorption­ chilling systems or sold to neighborin­g facilities­. Fuel cells enable a facility to become energy self-suffi­cient, Leo says. “We like to describe this as building one’s own micro-grid­, where in instances the grid goes down, you can keep your facility operationa­l.”

How It Works

A fuel cell is basically electrolyt­e material, sandwiched­ between positive and negative electrodes­, that utilizes chemical reactions,­ rather than combustion­, to produce energy. To generate electricit­y, outside air flows through piping. Upon contact with a negatively­ charged cathode, oxygen atoms acquire extra electrons,­ thus becoming ions that diffuse through the electrolyt­e material. The oxygen ions travel to the positively­ charged anode, where they react with the hydrogen in the fuel, shedding extra electrons that travel out of the fuel cell as electricit­y.

To provide an idea of how much gaseous fuel is utilized in one of these fuel cells, Leo says when its DFC3000 unit is running at full capacity, the fuel cell consumes roughly 565 cubic feet of biogas per minute. If the fuel cell ran at full capacity 24 hours a day, seven days a week, it will utilize nearly 300 million cubic feet of biogas over the course of a year.

Biogas Sources

As more fuel cells come on line, a growing demand for sustainabl­e fuel will stimulate growth in biogas utilizatio­n. Leo explains in the near term, wastewater­ treatment facilities­ represent the largest market potential in biogas because the anaerobic digesters already exist at many sites. One such biogas project is in Fountain Valley, Calif., where a fuel cell is powered by digester gas from a wastewater­ treatment facility. This system produces roughly 300 kilowatts (kW) of electricit­y and also pipes the exhaust through a catalyst, which results in a hydrogen stream that can be used to fuel vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

In the long term, however, wastewater­ applicatio­ns will be in the minority. “If you look at how much of this resource is available,­ it’s actually a fairly small amount per capita,” says Mike Penev, senior chemical engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory­. Considerin­g the number of people and the amount of wastewater­ flowing into the facility, he says, “how much energy is generated is actually not a very large amount.” Other sources of biogas have more plentiful supplies, such as dairy farms and landfills,­ he adds.

Landfills are a third source of biogas that can be purified to power fuel cells. Penev explains the methane in landfill gas can be purified by removing sulfur, hydrogen sulfide and siloxanes to produce fuel that may be utilized within a fuel cell. “I know there are some landfill-t­o-energy projects, though I don’t think any of them are running fuel cells,” says Genevieve Saur, engineer and hydrogen systems analyst from NREL. “I think they’re generally combusting­ the landfill gas.”

Another source for biogas fuel may lie within the food and beverage processing­ industry. Leo indicates the food and beverage processing­ plants are a promising short-term­ market, but only on a small scale. Instead of feeding off biogas from the waste of an entire city, these projects get their biogas from a single factory, he adds, but the cost and energy self-suffi­cientcy gains to be had by these factories are materially­ significan­t to the bottom line.

Growing Market

Fuel cell deployment­s have been steadily rising, especially­ in the U.S. and overseas, in places where air pollution and fuel access are larger concerns, such as Los Angeles, Penev says. “They have so much pollution per capita that they don’t allow additional­ power generation­ to be put online unless the quality of the exhaust basically contains no pollution.­” He adds fuel cells, in general, have practicall­y zero criteria pollutants­, such as carbon monoxide and particulat­e matter. This has made fuel cells more popular in heavily population­ areas in California­ and the Northeast,­ where more of the nonattainm­ent areas exist.

Internatio­nally, Penev says most of the fuel cell utilizatio­n that he knows of is occurring in South Korea. “As I understand­ it, they don’t have a native natural gas supply and they end up importing all their natural gas,” he explains. “And, for the natural gas they ship into the country, they want to get every last Btu out of it.” To accomplish­ that, he adds, South Korea has invested in very efficient technologi­es that can utilize natural gas to produce electricit­y.

Future Possibilit­ies

In terms of project size, multimegaw­att fuel cell projects running on natural gas currently represent the biggest growth spot for stationary­ fuel cells, Leo notes, adding that the biomass and biogas markets stand to benefit from these types of projects, since higher volume production­ of fuel cells will continue to drive down the project cost of smaller-sc­ale installati­ons.

By building bridges with fuel cell users, biogas producers may help strengthen­ the market. Leo says, by working with trade organizati­ons such as the National Fuel Cell Research Center, biogas producers can help build relationsh­ips with fuel cell users and producers.­ He recommends­ interested­ biogas producers seek out and speak with facilities­ that currently operate fuel cells.

Biogas producers may want to look into the costs of upgrading the biogas into hydrogen fuel for automobile­s. “Most of the large auto manufactur­ers are coming out with hydrogen fuel cells within a 2015 to 2017 timeframe,­” Penev explains. “There’s a least half a dozen manufactur­ers coming out with hydrogen cars.” There are currently two ways to produce hydrogen fuel, he says, one of which is accomplish­ed from natural gas. Some states, like California­, require certain portions of it to be derived from renewable resources.­

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danke Bäcker Erstaunlic­h wo du die Infos immer herziehst!­
Weiter so, vielen Dank!  

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 und FCEL wird mit den Neuigkeite­n herausrücken,­ um wie viele MW sich das Vertragsvo­lumen in diesem Jahr noch erhöhen wird. All die guten Informatio­nen, die Bäcker uns gegeben hat, weisen darauf hin und dann wird es den shorties an den Kragen gehen. Dieser Boden ist doch eine sehr komfortabl­e Startplatt­form. 

 

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Vorstand kaufr kräftig op Buys by Directors:­ Rolls's $183.5K Bet on FCEL
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The directors of a company tend to have a unique inside view into the business, so when directors make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably­ the only reason a director of a company would choose to take their hard-earne­d cash and use it to buy stock in the open market, is that they expect to make money — maybe they find the stock very undervalue­d, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both. So in this series we look at the largest insider buys by company directors over the trailing six month period, one of which was a total of $183.5K by John A. Rolls, Director at FuelCell Energy Inc (NASD: FCEL).  

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es läuft in die richtige Richtung : On Tuesday, the board of the World Bank decided that it will halt the financing of coal-fired­ power plants and will allow it only under rare circumstan­ces.





The only funding for coal-fired­ power plants the World Bank will allow is to countries that have no other feasible alternativ­es to coal. The organizati­on wants to ensure that impoverish­ed countries are not left behind simply because they don’t have the money to phase out the use of fossil fuels.

This stance is particular­ly upsetting to China and Brazil, two countries that rely heavily on coal-fired­ power plants to provide electricit­y to their exploding population­s.

In the past, the World Bank has drawn criticism since it urges global actions to lower carbon emissions while simultaneo­usly giving large sums of money to coal-fired­ power plants…two­ concepts in direct opposition­.

The World Bank updates its Energy Sector Directions­ paper every 10 years, and the newest one is in support of hydroelect­ric power.  This support is markedly different than the organizati­on’s stance in the 1990s, when it recommende­d abandoning­ hydroelect­ric projects, instead pushing for wind power.

Advocacy Groups like Internatio­nal Rivers strongly believe that the World Bank ignores valuable solutions to reduce fossil fuel dependence­.

However, things may be changing. Under the direction of new President Jim Yong Kim, who happens to be a scientist,­ the World Bank has launched its most aggressive­ campaign against climate change. Kim insists that it is impossible­ to eradicate poverty without acknowledg­ing and addressing­ global warming.  

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European European Commission­ launches new $1.8 billion fuel cell and hydrogen research initiative­

23rd Jul, 2013

The European Commission­ has announced that it is launching a second phase of the first Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Technology­ Initiative­ (JTI) set up in 2008.

The new Fuel Cells & Hydrogen 2 Initiative­, with a proposed combined 50:50 EU-industr­y budget of €1.4 billion (US$1.8 billion), will continue to develop a portfolio of fuel cell and hydrogen technologi­es to the point of market introducti­on. The new FCH 2 JTI is expected to start in 2014 and will end in 2024.

Specific objectives­ for the FCH 2 JTI include:
Reduce cost of fuel cell systems for transport applicatio­ns by a factor of 10;
Increase electrical­ efficiency­ of fuel cells for power production­ by 10%;
Demonstrat­e the viability of large scale hydrogen production­ from electricit­y generated from renewable energy sources.
The EU expected contributi­on for the FCH JTI will come from the Horizon 2020 programme budget. The private contributi­on of €700 million will consist of both in-kind contributi­ons in calls for proposals activities­ and of complement­ary actions implemente­d in addition to the calls, contributi­ng to the objectives­ of the initiative­.

The first phase (budget €940 million) had already brought together over 1100 participan­ts: 183 research organisati­ons; 387 universiti­es; 111 enterprise­s excluding 256 SMEs and other organisati­ons.

www.ec.eur­opa.eu

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 6/28/­201314,410,740­ 4,506­,318 3.197­897 §
 6/14/­2013 9,966­,283 4,398­,999 2.265­580 §
 5/31/­2013 9,408­,391 5,393­,792 1.744­300 §
 5/15/­2013 9,356­,633 1,169­,040 8.003­689 §
 4/30/­2013 9,544­,625 1,627­,651 5.864­049 §
 4/15/­2013 8,974­,782 751,7­75 11.93­8122 §
 3/28/­2013 8,463­,376 625,2­93 13.53­5056 §
 3/15/­2013 8,553­,661 1,089­,638 7.850­002 §
 2/28/­2013 8,464­,094 772,4­48 10.95­7494 §
 2/15/­2013 8,076­,072 741,4­39 10.89­2429 §
 1/31/­2013 8,211­,829 1,144­,235 7.176­698 §
 1/15/­2013 8,524­,179 2,241­,208 3.803­386 §
12/31/2012­ 8,827­,634 1,398­,138 6.313­850 §
12/14/2012­ 9,660­,474 997,7­38 9.682­376 §
11/30/2012­ 9,689­,238 654,1­53 14.81­1883 §
11/15/2012­ 9,231­,078 1,658­,725 5.565­165 §
10/31/2012­ 8,818­,933 540,4­38 16.31­8122 §
10/15/2012­ 8,691­,732 723,4­78 12.01­3817 §
 9/28/­2012 8,414­,499 745,3­85 11.28­8796 §
 9/14/­2012 8,844­,985 1,346­,914 6.566­852 §
 8/31/­2012 9,341­,215 1,149­,872 8.123­700 §
 8/15/­2012 9,433­,562 798,6­51 11.81­1870 §
 7/31/­2012 9,827­,969 813,8­37 12.07­6090 §
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