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SFC Enters Hydrogen Market

SFC Enters Hydrogen Market

by | Jan 8, 2019 | Germany

SFC Energy, which has so far focused on methanol-powered fuel cells, intends to branch out into the hydrogen fuel market. In November 2018, the company based in Brunnthal, Germany, announced that it had signed an agreement with adKor to develop and license the required fuel cell know-how. The deal reached with adKor’s chief executive, Hartmut Kordus, will grant SFC Energy non-exclusive access to the technology of three former fuel cell companies: FutureE, Heliocentris and P21. (more…)

GP Joule Shuts Down H-Tec Education

GP Joule Shuts Down H-Tec Education

by | Jan 8, 2019 | Germany, North America

H-TecDecember 31 last year was the date on which work at H-Tec Education officially ended. Still, the Fuel Cell Store (fuelcellstore.com) will continue the brand, as well as production, distribution and customer service. However, it was reported that, following the decision, 13 employees had been let go. (more…)

ETC Swears by Hydrogen

ETC Swears by Hydrogen

by | Jan 8, 2019 | Europe, Germany

nproxxUK-based Enrichment Technology Company, or ETC for short, has decided to split its German E&MS subsidiary into two: On Sept. 27, 2018, it announced separate contact numbers for the new companies located in Jülich, where Nproxx Jülich has been put in charge of constructing hydrogen tanks, while Pronexos will manufacture carbon-fiber composites and rollers, among other things. (more…)

SFC Enters Hydrogen Market

ElringKlinger Divests SOFC Business

by | Jan 8, 2019 | Germany

Automotive supplier ElringKlinger has divested its department that manufactured solid oxide fuel cell, or SOFC, systems. In September 2018, the business based in Dettingen, Germany, announced that it would focus on low-temperature fuel cells used in vehicles. It sold SOFC operations, and its assets in new enerday, headquartered in Neubrandenburg, to Dresden-based Sunfire. (more…)

Water Splitting Is Ready for the Mass Market

Water Splitting Is Ready for the Mass Market

by | Dec 4, 2018 | Germany

electrolyzer

State of the art of electrolyzer technologies, © Fraunhofer ISE

The splitting of water to produce hydrogen will become a requirement if renewable electricity is to be converted into other energy carriers and industrial base materials to transform the energy market and meet climate targets in Germany. Expectations are that by 2050, electrolyzer capacity will run into the tens of gigawatts countrywide. Nowadays, most devices are either customized or manufactured in small numbers. As part of a study conducted on behalf of the German transportation ministry (more…)