prestigious innovation award for cfu

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NRW.INVEST Award for Ceramic Fuel Cells - Australian fuel cell manufacturer receives coveted Innovation Award Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited [AIM / ASX : CFU] is among the leading developers of environmentally friendly high-performance micro-combined heat and power plants (micro-CHP) for power generation in single-family homes. The company today received the prestigious Innovation Award NRW.INVEST Award 2010, the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia in the Innovation category.
Over 11,000 foreign companies in North Rhine-Westphalia eligible for the awards in question NRW.INVEST. Each year three prizes awarded for outstanding achievements in the categories of innovation, expansion, investment and new investment. Last year's winner of the Innovation Award was the Canadian BlackBerry maker Research in Motion.
In announcing the award winners in Dsseldorf, said the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Economic Affairs, Christa Thoben: 'To stress the importance of foreign investors for the North Rhine-Westphalia to pay tribute, once we give in the NRW.INVEST Award. Foreign companies on the site give us economically and culturally important impetus for the development of the country. "
'Fuel cells with high efficiency are a key technology of the future. Ceramic Fuel Cells takes with its innovative products in a clean and efficient energy supply in North Rhine-Westphalia to, 'said Petra Wassner, Managing Director of NRW.INVEST added.
Ceramic Fuel Cells Managing Director Brendan Dow said:' It is a great honor and an important milestone for Ceramic Fuel Cells, to receive this award. It commends the efforts of hundreds of people who have contributed to our development to. The recognition also highlights the potential of our products in Europe and worldwide. Germany before making it: The future power is decentralized, efficient and climate friendly. Our products can thereby be an important part of the solution. "
The Australian Ambassador to Germany, Peter Tesch, said at the ceremony:" I am convinced that Ceramic Fuel Cells the world market and especially the German Private power can help shape the market. "
opened in October 2009 Ceramic Fuel Cells his series-production plant in Heinsberg industrial park Oberbruch. The work is among the first plants in the world, solid oxide fuel cell stack in series can produce.
Ceramic Fuel Cells has already received orders for approximately 50 'BlueGen' Gas-to-power equipment from leading utilities and other customers in Europe, Japan and Australia. These include the German utility EWE Energy, E. ON Ruhrgas, RheinEnergie and Alliander and the German Association of Gas and Water (DVGW)
BlueGen A plant the size of a dishwasher. It uses patented fuel cell technology converts natural gas and high efficiency in power and heat with. BlueGen plants generate electricity with an electrical efficiency of up to 60 percent. This performance is significantly higher than any other technology in the global market for micro-cogeneration. The overall efficiency increases to 85 percent if the additional heat to heat water uses.
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Ceramic Fuel Cells Andrew Neilson Tel .: +61419950771 Frank Obernitz Tel: +49171330 07 21 Email: [email protected]
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About Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited is a global leader in developing technologies for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). These provide reliable, energy-saving and low-emission electricity from natural gas well available. The company provides small-scale micro-CHP (combined heat and power systems), for households and other buildings combined electricity and heat generating. Ceramic Fuel Cells is developing products with leading application partners and energy providers in Germany, France, Britain and Japan. 2009 Company has the product 'BlueGen' Introducing be. CFCL has its headquarters in Melbourne as well as subsidiaries in Germany and Britain. In October 2009, dedicated companies in the North Rhine-Westphalia Heinsberg near Aachen in its production plant for mass production of fuel cell stacks which one. The company is the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (symbol CFU). Www.cfcl.com.au