Intelligent Energy named as a Leading UK Cleantech Firm
Clean power systems company will travel to Silicon Valley to showcase market-leading technology; Wins place on prestigious Clean & Cool Mission 2010
Loughborough, UK– Intelligent Energy, the leading clean power systems company, has been given a place on the Clean & Cool Mission 2010 to San Francisco, meaning that the company will meet with investors, potential partners, media and peers on the US West Coast at the end of February 2010.
The Clean & Cool Mission 2010 gives the UK’s twenty most innovative and growing clean technology companies the opportunity to engage with the top technology businesses in Silicon Valley. The mission is a collaboration between the Technology Strategy Board, UK Trade and Investment, market intelligence company Polecat, and is supported by Orrick, BP Alternative Energy and the Cleantech Group. Intelligent Energy will now travel to the US West Coast from 20th February to 26th February.
“The real story here is about these very successful UK business people who have embarked on innovative ventures in a new but growing sector,” said Iain Gray, Chief Executive of the Technology Strategy Board. “They are pioneers and we are working with them because we want to see them find their place in what looks set to become a successful international market.”
Intelligent Energy has already got off to a flying start in 2010, following the launch of the Suzuki Burgman Fuel Cell Scooter at London’s City Hall. The scooter is the product of Intelligent Energy’s successful partnership with the Suzuki Motor Corporation, and is the next step towards offering cleaner, more efficient motorcycles in a practical and accessible form with the potential to significantly reduce emissions around the world. The company is also leading a programme to develop a fleet of fuel cell London taxis in time for 2012.
“This Clean and Cool Mission is very timely for Intelligent Energy, and being able to engage with the financial community and those who set the public policy agendas relevant to clean technology businesses in the US, is a great opportunity for us,” explained Dr. Mark Lawson-Statham, Director of Corporate Finance at Intelligent Energy. “In addition, the chance to meet with USA’s top technology businesses and discuss new market opportunities will help continue to accelerate our commercialisation plans at a time when our clean power systems are taking centre stage in the market.”
About Intelligent Energy
Intelligent Energy is a clean power systems company, with a range of leading fuel cell and hydrogen generation technologies. The company is focused on the provision of cleaner power and low carbon technologies. Intelligent Energy partners with leading companies globally, in the transportation, oil and gas, aerospace, defence, distributed generation and portable power markets. Current partners and customers include Scottish & Southern Energy plc with whom the company has formed a joint venture to commercialise fuel cell combined heat and power (CHP) systems, and The Suzuki Motor Corporation. Intelligent Energy’s successes in recent years include the development of the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell motorbike and supplying the fuel cell system to Boeing which powered the world’s first manned fuel cell aircraft. The company also recently supplied Airbus with a multi-functional fuel cell auxiliary power unit (APU) aimed at on-board power and other loads in future commercial airliners.
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