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Hungerford, Berkshire, United Kingdom– UPS Systems plc today added a new methanol fuel cell to its product portfolio: the EFOY Pro 2200. EFOY Pro 2200 helps users save up to 90% in operating and maintenance costs.

The EFOY Pro 2200 offers 38% more power than the EFOY Pro 1600; it generates 90W of electricity and is suitable for a range of prime and standby power applications.

As with all fuel cells in the EFOY range, the EFOY Pro 2200 is a ‘plug and play’ solution – customers do not need special expertise to install it. In addition, the new unit offers several benefits for traffic regulation, surveillance and remote monitoring applications.

Traffic regulation
The EFOY Pro 2200 is robust and doesn’t require maintenance, so it can be left alone for long periods. An EFOY Pro 2200 using a 28-litre methanol cartridge can power a 50W traffic signal serial blinker for 26 days, while a traditional battery can only power it for one day.

Surveillance
The EFOY Pro 2200 is suited to powering security cameras and other surveillance applications. Using a 10-litre methanol cartridge, it provides 11.1kW of electricity – enough to power a 25W camera for three weeks without intervention. The compact fuel cell fits into small spaces, and is quiet and emission-free, so systems can run undetected.

Remote monitoring
Like other fuel cells in the EFOY range, the EFOY Pro 2200 can be used in hybrid installations that take advantage of renewable energy sources such as solar or wind. Such configurations recharge the batteries that power electrical equipment – this makes the EFOY Pro 2200 suitable for standby power applications and for operation in remote areas where there isn’t easy access to the grid. The EFOY Pro 2200 can be located outside, and can operate in all weather conditions.

“EFOY has proved that, in some situations, its fuel cells can save users up to 90% in operating and maintenance costs, so the argument for investing in fuel cell technology continues to grow,” said UPS Systems Managing Director, Tom Sperrey. “The EFOY Pro 2200 is a welcome addition to our product range because it enables us to offer an effective power solution for more applications such as traffic signalling and surveillance.”

“By launching our EFOY Pro 2200, we are responding to strong demand in remote power applications.The EFOY Pro 2200 fuel cell generator offers 38 % more power in exactly the same package as before. By offering this high-performance power solution, users get even higher autonomy for demanding off-grid devices- at more attractive energy cost”, says Dr. Peter Podesser, CEO of SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG.

UPS Systems plc (upssystems.co.uk) is the UK’s largest independent supplier of standby power solutions. Through its independent position, allied to close working relationships with the world’s leading manufacturers, the company is uniquely able to offer impartial technical advice on the widest range of standby power solutions. An authority on fuel cell technology, UPS Systems implemented the UK’s first two hydrogen fuel cells providing AC standby power, and is currently working on projects where the technology will be used for the supply of backup or prime power to utilities, telecommunications, remote telemetry, portable signage and renewable energy applications.

SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG is market leader in fuel cell technologies for mobile and off-grid power applications serving the leisure, industrial and defense markets. As one of Germany’s technology pioneers, SFC has won numerous innovation awards. SFC has alliances with leading companies in a wide range of industries. Unlike most other fuel cell manufacturers, who are in the research and development phase or run subsidized demonstration projects, SFC has shipped more than 16,000 fully commercial products to industrial and private end users for more than five years, and has created a convenient fuel cartridge supply infrastructure. SFC is DIN ISO 9001:2008 certified. SFC is based in Brunnthal, Germany, and has a sales and technical service office in the U.S.

The EFOY Pro Series is available immediately throughout Europe in four different models: EFOY Pro 600, EFOY Pro 1200, EFOY Pro 1600 and EFOY Pro 2200, with a charging capacity from 600 to 2200 watt hours per day, that are used depending on the energy requirements of the application. EFOY Pro Series Fuel Cells obtain their fuel from EFOY fuel cartridges, which deliver week-long autonomous energy, depending on their size (5, 10, 28 litres). The fuel cartridges are available at more than 1,400 sales points in Europe.

IVYLAND, Pa.– Power and Energy. Inc and Wah Lee Industrial Corp have announced a new partnership to supply Power and Energy’s range of advanced micro-channelhydrogen purifiers to the Taiwan and China markets.

With the widest flow range available in the industry, Power and Energy’s cost effective purifiers deliver 99.9999999% pure hydrogen to a range of end-users including, LED manufacturers, thin film Silicon photovoltaic manufacturers, semiconductor and LCD manufacturers, hydrogen fuel cell applications, as well as universities and research institutes.

Wah Lee will exclusively sell and service Power and Energy’s purifiers inChina and Taiwan.

Commenting on the agreement, Power and Energy’s President and COO, Noel Leeson said, “The China and Taiwan markets are growing rapidly, and Power and Energy is looking forward to expanding its business in these very dynamic markets. Wah Lee is an established and highly respected supplier to our target markets and will provide first class sales and service support to our customers throughout Taiwan and China.”

Wah Lee’s Vice President, Gary Chang, commented, “Power and Energy’spurifiers are a valuable addition to the products and services that Wah Lee supplies to its customers in Taiwan and China. With our extensive network of representatives, office and service personnel, we are looking forward to working with Power and Energy to present these innovative and cost-effective purifiers to high purity hydrogen users in Taiwan and China.”

About Power and Energy

Power and Energy is headquartered in Pennsylvania, USA. Established in 1993, the company’s mission is to enable the hydrogen economy and promote energy efficiency through the application of micro-channel technologies. The company provides an full range of micro-channel hydrogen purifiers to ultra-high purity users across the U.S., Asia and Europe.

For further information, please contact Al Stubbmann, Power and Energy Inc., 106 Railroad Avenue, Ivyland, Pa., 18974-1449, e-mail al.s@powerandenergy.com or call +1-610-217-0193.

About Wah Lee

Wah Lee is headquartered in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Established in 1968, the company is a leading integrator of high-tech solutions for the technology industries in Taiwan, China and South East Asia.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites attendees of the DOE Fuel Cell Pre-Solicitation Workshop to a Fuel Cell Manufacturing R&D Webinar from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, 2010.

Participants will discuss manufacturing technique and process improvements needed to accelerate fuel cell adoption for stationary, distributed electric power generation. This discussion of fuel cell manufacturing topics is in preparation for issuing a formal Request for Information.

Check out Webinar access details.

Arno A. Evers has always been ahead of its time. 15 years ago he founded the first Group Exhibit Hydrogen and Fuel Cells at the annual Hannover Fair, and is since then one of the founding father of German H2 and FC industry. For years, he coined this innovative industry more than almost any other in Germany. He is a man of clear words, loves the dialogue, while he is also provoking at some times. At this year’s Hannover Fair, he launches his first book in Hydrogeit Verlag, a publishing house from nearby Berlin. The book is written in English, with the title “The Hydrogen Society … more than just a Vision?” and raises the question of the future of hydrogen and fuel cells technology, leading eventually to a hydrogen society.

Arno A. Evers is a known personality, not only in the German hydrogen and fuel cells scene. Worldwide, he has made numerous oral and poster presentations at conferences. During the past years he travelled from continent to continent and collected material, which is now first published in his new book. It is about the following questions: How does the energy balance of the world or in Germany looks really like? How and why has the situation so aggravated? How can hydrogen be produced really renewable and future orientated?

Evers says: “Since 2003, together with my team, we attended – most recently on behalf of Deutsche Messe AG – exactly 105 conferences and exhibitions around the world. Based on this, I have developed about 300 info graphics with a new visual image. Here we are concerned with objective analysis of the actual state of the energy industry as well as background information on energy audits, energy efficiency, producing hydrogen. This information is normally not found so easily.”

The extract all of these sources can now fully be read in this book, which is consistently illustrated with photos and graphics. The author addressed in particular to readers who dismiss the conventional energy system, as it is existing now, who are critical and are looking forward for alternatives. Evers referred to his target audience as The Concerned Citizens. This group is getting bigger, but is still lacking noncomitted information. This book was written with the goal to remedy this. Evers said: “We want to reach and motivate young people in particular, as their future commitment to the realization of hydrogen society is indispensable.” It is also addressed to all hydrogen and fuel cell insiders, who want to find neutral unbiased information.

T. Nejat Veziroglu, president of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE), writes in his preface: “I strongly recommend this excellent book to energy engineers, industrialists, environmentalists and decision makers, as well as to those interested in the future of humankind and the welfare of the planet Earth.”

The Hydrogen Society – More Than Just a Vision?
by Arno A. Evers, foreword by T. Nejat Veziroglu, IAHE President
Hardcover with 180 colored pages
consistently illustrated Language: English
Hydrogeit Verlag, Oberkrämer, April 2010
ISBN 978-3-937863-31-3, Price: 34.50 Euro

Arno A. Evers, an entrepreneur from Germany, was born in 1946 in Hamburg. After several years in the oil survey industry, he worked for Messerschmitt Boelkow Blohm (MBB) in Hamburg before he became a press spokesman for MBB at their Munich headquarter in 1985. Arno founded the Group Exhibit Hydrogen and Fuel Cells at the Hannover Fair in 1995, which developed over the years to become Europe’s largest industry and research gathering, taking place annually at the Hannover Fair in Germany. Until 2006, he led the entire organization. Thereafter he attended numerous H2/FC conferences, trade shows and events worldwide to promote the Group Exhibit.
www.hydrogenambassadors.com

The www.hydrogeit-verlag.deHydrogeit Verlag, a publishing house with its office in Oberkraemer near Berlin, was founded in 2004 by Dipl.-Ing. Sven Geitmann. It is the first and only publisher specialized on hydrogen, fuel cells, renewable energy and alternative propulsion systems. Geitmann is engaged in pioneering technologies and provides comprehensive information about various energy saving possibilities. The publisher’s range of subjects / titles includes books about hydrogen and fuel cells and renewable energy and alternative fuels, CD-ROMs and the HZwei trade magazine, the German magazine for hydrogen, fuel cells and electric mobility.
www.hzwei.info

ISBN 978-3-937863-31-3, Price: 34.50 Euro