revolution in the boiler room

http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/technik/brennstoffzellen-erzeugen-aus-erdgas-eine-ganze-menge-strom-a-927427.html

This is an extract translated from the above

"Requirement for promotion

Bernd Emonts from Forschungszentrum Jülich , however, is convinced that the technology can still make up ground in the cost . "The cost of fuel cell heating will decrease if manufacturers produce them in large quantities ," explains the scientist. So far, the devices are manufactured largely by hand."

" We find it in Germany traditionally difficult to bring fundamentally new technologies from research laboratories into practice ," says Werner Tillmetz by the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden- Württemberg ( STW ) . Examples in the area of ??IT and mobile admit it already too well. "That should not happen to us in the fuel cell . "

Manufacturers such as Viessmann , Vaillant, Baxi , Ceramic Fuel Cells and Bosch Thermo Technology require long been a nation-wide , limited-time promotional program that facilitates the homeowners the investment. North Rhine -Westphalia , Hesse and Saxony support the purchase of a fuel cell device already .

"From outer space to the boiler room

Fuel cells are not a new invention . Even the Apollo space shuttles of the sixties had some of the miniature powerhouses on board. At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 , General Motors sent an electric car as a support vehicle on the marathon course , in the fuel cell supplied the power . The drive technology was close to the production stage , it was then called.

But only now the carmaker dare to larger quantities. In two years, Hyundai will bring the first manufacturer to a fuel cell car in small series on the market . Here, the Korean automaker is expected to provide a head-to -head race with Toyota. The Japanese are planning their hybrid model range 2015 to a vehicle to expand with fuel cells.

The heating systems manufacturer could benefit from this development work . "It creates synergies when fuel cells in other markets, such as in the auto industry , prevail This applies equally to the production as for the advancement of technology - . , Industries can learn from each other ," says fuel-cell researchers Emonts ."

CFU will come of age!