10th european sofc forum 26th-29th june

Some interesting work, and diversification, growing the product.
10th EUROPEAN SOFC FORUM, Lucerne / Switzerland
http://www.efcf.com/
Program:
http://www.efcf.com/_pdf/10thSOFCForum_2012_26-29June-FinalAnnouncement-forRegistration.pdf
CFU SOFC related papers:

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 17:00 BlueGen for Europe – Commercialisation of Ceramic Fuel Cells’ residential SOFC Product (A0503)
Karl Föger, Ceramic Fuel Cells GmbH; Heinsberg /Germany

Friday, June 29, 2012
CFCL SOFC system tested at GDF SUEZ CRIGEN – thermal cycles, Electric Vehicle charging, and ageing (A1303)
Stéphane Hody, Krzysztof Kanawka GDF SUEZ, Research & Innovation Division, CRIGEN; Saint-Denis la Plaine cedex /France

and in the Afternoon
Long term stability of glasses in SOFC (B1305) Lars Christiansen, Jonathan Love, Thomas Ludwig,Nicolas Maier, David Selvey, Xiao Zheng, Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited; Victoria / Australia

There may be more related presentations.

IMHO my point is this, review the list of presenting Organization's mostly Government and NGO's very few companies (please check the Program Link above ) and also note the International Board of Advisors:
International Board of Advisors
Prof. Robert Steinberger (Chair; University of Birmingham)
Prof. Frano Barbir (Unido / Ichet, Croatia)
Dr. Ulf Bossel (ALMUS AG/ Switzerland)
Dr. Niels Christiansen (TOFC/Denmark)
Dr. Karl Foger (Ceramic Fuel Cells / Australia)***!!!
Prof. Angelika Heinzel (ZBT /Germany)
Prof. Ellen Ivers-Tiffee (University of Karlsruhe /Germany)
Prof. Deborah Jones (Université Montpellier II /France)
Prof. John A. Kilner (Imperial College London /United Kingdom)
Dr. Jari Kiviaho (VTT/ Finland)
Dr. Ruey-yi Lee (INER /Taiwan)
Dr. Florence Lefebrve-Joud (CEA /France)
Prof. Goran Lindbergh (KTI /Sweden)
Dr. Mogens Mogensen (Riso/Denmark)
Dr. Angelo Moreno (ENEA/ Italy)
Prof. Kazunari Sasaki (Kyushu University / Japan)
Dr. Gunther Scherer (PSI / Switzerland)
Dr. Gunter Schiller (DLR Stuttgart /Germany)
Prof. Louis Schlapbach (Switzerland)
Dr. Subhash Singhal (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /USA)
Dr. Martin Smith (Uni St. Andrews/United Kingdom)
Prof. Constantinos Vayenas (University of Patras /Greece)
Prof. Martin Winter (Uni Munster /Germany)
Dr. Christian Wunderlich (IKTS /Germany)

CFU is a heavy hitter in research, spending money on R&D spells success for product and product LIFESPAN -> Returns?

I include as a PS a paper from Stephanie Hody its in French but you will get the message. CFU second generation etc etc

http://energie.cnrs.fr/spip.php?action=acceder_document&arg=833&cle=9b0fca483859884de0fcd18f01cacd501d0a06a4&file=pdf%2F17-_Stephane_Hody_-_GDF_SUEZ_CRIGEN.pdf

I expect good news in time from GDF Gulf Suez. The car market is substantial.

The IBZ newsletter just came in.
http://www.ibz-info.de/home.HomeNewsletter.html?id=37&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=newsletter_2012-05-03&utm_medium=email&utm_content=more-link
"
Important visitors from the People's Republic of China was the Fuel Cell Initiative (IBZ) at the Hannover Fair, from 23 to 27 April was held. Professor Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology, was briefed on the current status of fuel cell heating appliances. For the first time was with five plants in the IBZ manufacturer Baxi Innotech, Ceramic Fuel Cells, Elcore, Hexis and Vaillant present. Alexander Dauensteiner demonstrated for the automotive engineering program that trained ministers innovative control of a fuel cell heating. . In Shanghai erected Minister program at Tongji University, a research institute for the development of hydrogen technology and electric vehicles VIP visit to the IBZ as Prof. Dr. Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (center), Tobias Renz (left), organizer of the Group Exhibit "Hydrogen and Fuel Cells" at Hannover Messe, and Alexander Dauensteiner IBZ Member of Vaillant. Photo: Tobias Renz Fair"

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DYOR
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