Ann: BlueGen to be used in VPP project in the Net, page-9

re: Ann: BlueGen to be used in VPP project in... Gents it is past testing, this is rollout.

Remember IBZ / Callux that has gone very quiet about the CFU units that were installed, why because they have had to cook up their own Callux-Box to compete with Bluegen.net.
http://fuelcellsworks.com/news/2012/06/05/callux-fuel-cell-heaters-achieve-1-million-hours-of-operation/
Callux Box IDS
http://www.ids.de/en/news-and-press/newsletter/newsletter-archive/news-0312.html

In case you missed my previous post:
Alliander:Showroom for Decentralised Energy:


"Showroom https://www.alliander.de/aktuelles/showroom-fuer-dezentrale-energie.html or decentralized energy
Alliander Heinberg operates in the first fuel cell in the region. Would you like to learn about this innovative technology, you are welcome to come into the showroom of our network operations.

Here we present you the wide range of distributed generation. Alliander operates on-site next to the fuel cell is a photovoltaic system, solar thermal and a special pinwheel.Network operation, see Heinberg upper fraction"

Bluegen is bottom left in picture. "Said network manager Hans-Gerd Bräling you like the fuel cell."

Liander is part of Alliander, there are 2 majors now marketing Bluegen, Sanevo and Alliander in Germany, Alliander/Liander in the Netherlands!

Smart Cities Program is funded $ for $ by IBM
http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/au/en/sustainable_cities/ideas/?cmp=202ag&ct=202ag23w&cr=google&cm=k&csot=-&ccy=au&cpb=-&cd=2012-05-23&ck=smarter_cities&cs=broad_match&csr=sp_smarter_cities&cot=a&cpg=csui&cn=smart_cities&csz=&mkwid=sbwaCEdni_21862759059_432z4y6234

If only we had the same corporate largesse from our own multinationals eh!

IBM Names Worldwide Recipients of 2012 Smarter Cities Challenge Grants to Improve Urban Life
ARMONK, N.Y. - 15 Mar 2012: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today selected 33 cities worldwide to receive IBM Smarter Cities Challenge (#smartercities) grants during 2012.

Launched in 2011, this three-year, 100-city US$50 million program, IBM's single-largest philanthropic initiative, funds in-person engagements staffed by teams of top IBM experts, who study and then make detailed recommendations addressing locally important urban issues.
http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/37187.wss

Why do you think? Altruism yes but also they are going to get the edge. Its more about a bigger struggle for installed unit base. The big protagonists appear IMHO to be IBM & Siemens.

From Elliot Walton re my query of RG Eureka Report.
"Andrew is still travelling so I spoke to him about your enquiries. The report was independently written so some things might not be as accurate as possible. The wholesale selling price to our distributors in Germany is about EUR 20k. This equals about AUD 25k. Plus the distributors cost and margin, the retail price is about EUR 29k (= AUD 36k). Hope that clarifies a bit where the numbers in that report would be based on."

Cheers