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Arkacia
With the recent news relating to Germany's future energy requirements, I've also been thinking about the positives for CFU in the country.

Another to add to your list is the December 2009 announcement indicating a grant from a North Rhine Government.

I am not sure if full funding has been received in full, but will be emailing management if no one responds with details

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited [AIM/ASX: CFU], a leading developer of high efficiency and low emission electricity generation units for homes and other buildings, has successfully obtained financing for part of the costs of its volume manufacturing plant. The plant is located in the Industriepark Oberbruch, 40 minutes’ drive from Dusseldorf in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany, and was officially opened in October 2009.
Ceramic Fuel Cells has received a regional development grant of €1,386,000 from the Government of North Rhine Westphalia. The funding, which has been received by Ceramic Fuel Cells, requires the Company to meet certain requirements as to expenditure on construction of the plant and the creation of jobs. The company has already met the requirement regarding the expenditure on the plant and expects to employ more people at the plant to meet increasing demand.
Ceramic Fuel Cells has also entered a financing lease with German banking group Commerzbank over some of the equipment at the Heinsberg plant. Under this arrangement Ceramic Fuel Cells has received net funding of €1,528,849.
The total net funds to be received by Ceramic Fuel Cells under both arrangements is €2,914,849.
The volume manufacturiung plant has a design capacity of 10,000 fuel cell stacks per year, using state of the art automated manufacturing equipment. All pieces of equipment have been commissioned on-site and are operational.
Speaking at the official plant opening on 2 October 2009, Dr Jens Baganz, State Secretary for the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, said: "Fuel cells with high efficiency are a key technology of the future with significant economic potential. In Oberbruch it is now possible that a future industry can be developed. Given the global challenges of climate change, there are very promising market opportunities for fuel cell technology."