NetGenPlusTM is CFCL’s third CHP system to receive CE (“Conformité Européene”) approval, which is required before CHP units can be deployed in Europe in field trials and then on a commercial scale. The CE tests of the NetGenPlusTM unit were conducted by the Netherlands-based independent technical specialist, Kiwa Gastec Certification, Europe’s market leader for testing and certification of gas related products.

The NetGenPlusTM unit can be easily connected to existing gas and electricity networks and has similar characteristics to its predecessor, NetGenTM, with the more powerful Gennex fuel cell module - launched by CFCL in late 2006 - installedd inside. NetGenPlusTM is powered by CFCL’s advanced metal-ceramic fuel cell stack, running on natural gas.  

CFCL’s partners EWE and Bruns in Germany and De Dietrich Thermique in France, have already received NetGenTM units and CFCL expects to commence the roll out of the next generation NetGenPlusTM units to its other partners, Gaz de France (the largest gas company in Europe), Remeha / De Dietrich (the largest gas boiler maker in France and Holland), Nuon (a leading Dutch energy company) and E.ON UK Ltd (the UK’s largest integrated power and gas company) in the coming months.  CFCL’s utility partners combined have more than 20 million customers across Europe.