Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd (CFCL) announced yesterday that it has received the first large order for its energy efficient fuel cells to be produced at the company’s new Heinsberg, Germany manufacturing plant.
CFCL said it will invest Euro 12.4 million to build the plant, which will supply 50,000 fuel cell systems to The Netherlands’ largest energy company, Nuon.
The systems are to be delivered over a five year period from June 2009, assuming the mass-produced fuel cells meet agreed upon performance targets.
CFCL’s fuel cell systems, known as micro-combined heat and power (mCHP) units, will be integrated into conventional boilers by Nuon for its residential customers to generate both electricity and heating in their homes.
These units, called stacks, could also be fitted in British homes from late 2009 or 2010 if utility Powergen, already a partner of Ceramic, orders units this year.
Reteurs reported that the fuel cell units will be priced at between 1,500 and 2,000 pounds apiece and that utilities likely will provide them to customers for free, because the utilities will be able to save substantially by producing electricity in people’s homes as opposed to big power stations.
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