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**Fuel Cell Today’s LIVE coverage of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Group Exhibition during the Hannover Trade fair in Germany-April 22 th 2004**
Publication date: 22-April-2004 Source: Fuel Cell Today/Hannover Trade Fair
Day four of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Group Exhibit, and of the booth of German/Belgian MEA manufacturer Umicore (D46-3), visitors to the fair have the chance to take a closer look at a small fuel cell powered three-wheeler. The “Fuel Cell SAM”, a vehicle jointly developed with the University of Applied Science Biel, Switzerland, is a hybrid (Lithium polymer batteries), equipped with a 6kW PEM unit, a 14 litres metal hydride storage system and a driving range of 200km. (We reported on this project in our Austria-Switzerland-Italy survey). Although the project is not brand new, and Umicore doesn’t exhibit any other new developments, the booth was still one of the major attractions during the exhibition. Australian Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited – CFCL (D40-2), probably the company furthest away from Hannover, showcases a model of a new development of a 1kW combined heat and power (CHP) SOFC unit. The system is designed for domestic applications and build up of CFCL standard 150W sub-stacks. The company hasn’t announced any large scale demonstration projects yet, but we believe that a small number of units will be in place within the next 10-20 months. On the booth of the Portuguese SRE (Solucoes Racionais Energie, booth E57-2), the company presents its products in the field of small PEM for remote monitoring systems. SRE is currently working on a 5W stack for 10W systems (field tests started in April 2004), 50W stacks for 100W systems (July 2004) and a 250W stack for 500W systems (end of 2004). Visit Fuel Cell Today ~

Day four of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Group Exhibit, and of the booth of German/Belgian MEA manufacturer Umicore (D46-3), visitors to the fair have the chance to take a closer look at a small fuel cell powered three-wheeler. The “Fuel Cell SAM”, a vehicle jointly developed with the University of Applied Science Biel, Switzerland, is a hybrid (Lithium polymer batteries), equipped with a 6kW PEM unit, a 14 litres metal hydride storage system and a driving range of 200km. (We reported on this project in our Austria-Switzerland-Italy survey). Although the project is not brand new, and Umicore doesn’t exhibit any other new developments, the booth was still one of the major attractions during the exhibition.

Australian Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited – CFCL (D40-2), probably the company furthest away from Hannover, showcases a model of a new development of a 1kW combined heat and power (CHP) SOFC unit. The system is designed for domestic applications and build up of CFCL standard 150W sub-stacks. The company hasn’t announced any large scale demonstration projects yet, but we believe that a small number of units will be in place within the next 10-20 months.

On the booth of the Portuguese SRE (Solucoes Racionais Energie, booth E57-2), the company presents its products in the field of small PEM for remote monitoring systems. SRE is currently working on a 5W stack for 10W systems (field tests started in April 2004), 50W stacks for 100W systems (July 2004) and a 250W stack for 500W systems (end of 2004).

Visit Fuel Cell Today