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06/17/2014
News: The first fuel cell-heaters are ready for the market
No other stand at the Group Exhibit Hydrogen + Fuel Cells + Batteries was so often by politicians present at Hannover busy as the exhibition space of the IBZ. It is expected the visit of Sigmar **riel, Federal Minister of Economy and Energy, have been among the many political discussions with the Prime Minister and Secretaries of State is most important.
In this ten minute dialogue between ministers and representatives of associations focused in particular on the specific measures to be undertaken as part of the new energy laws. The focus here was to determine the minimum limit in the CHP Act, in the opinion of Dr. Stefener, Chairman of the VDMA Fuel Cells AG and Managing Director of Elcore GmbH and Andreas Ballhausen, the IBZ Speaker (Fig. 1, 2 . vr) should be increased for fuel cell heating. However, **riel was specifically on this point first few willing to talk, as he certainly revealed a willingness to discuss other topics.
Overall, the industry representatives were trying to paint a very positive picture of the current development progress. The fact that far fewer BZ-heaters have been designed as originally in the innovation program Callux installed, however, was rarely addressed. So declared Stefener: "NIP was and is a very successful program. [...] The fuel cell technology is on the move to mass production. "It said the German Engineering Federation (VDMA), by 2020 the industry aspire series production of several hundred thousand heating systems with fuel cells in Germany. "So be fuel to a supporting pillar of the energy turnaround and competitive 2.0 in Germany," affirmed Stefener. For this, however reliable conditions are a prerequisite, it was said by the VDMA.
John Schiel, Managing Director of VDMA Fuel Cells, said: "We need continuity and predictability." On the part of AG Fuel Cell stressed one: "The industry is prepared to triple its own contribution for the next ten years compared to the current NIP at least two billion euros."
Erik Schumacher, the NOW program manager for the stationary fuel cells, underscored, however, that the stationary fuel cells have to hope for government support even after 2016, by confirming: "There will be a continuation of the National Innovation Programme for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology."
Considering the current debate about the funding policy, inevitably raises the question of what has actually learned from the mistakes of the past. Thus, in the Renewable Energies Act (EEG) was a central problem that the installation and therefore the production of numerous Chinese photovoltaic modules was funded through the Einspeisegarantie in the Federal Republic with German taxpayers' money, while at the same time local photovoltaic companies had to file for bankruptcy.
In the new sector of fuel cell heating systems currently draws a similar course from: more and more German companies, after years of a lot of money was put ene.field in the development of stationary fuel cell power units and in the German innovation program Callux and the European demonstration program, leave the fuel cell side the Japanese partner companies, while Vaillant, Viessmann and Co. on its core competence, the heating , concentrating. Although in this way benefit the German boiler manufacturer from the know-how of the Japanese. On the other hand, the local companies are paving their Asian partners, the way to achieve a dominant position in the field of micro-CHP systems with fuel cells .
Fuel cells have future
Shortly after the Hannover Messe certified also the organizers of the 8th BDB-Bosch-Junkers forum that BZ heaters have considerable potential. Their summary was after the event, which was held in Essen on 23 April 2014: "The fuel cell to generate electricity and heat generation in single and multi-family houses has a future." About 100 participants from the energy industry had there reloaded with the slogan "energy revolution "taken on the edge of the heating SHK trade fair and discussed about which pulses of energy transition could provide the necessary momentum. Andreas Rembold from co Junkers said: "The fuel cell technology fits the trend of modern energy production. "
BZ-power plant for Ameland
Ceramic Fuel Cells has, however, begun to produce 45 fuel cell heaters for the establishment of a virtual power plant on the North Sea island of Ameland. The Dutch project developers Republic Power hopes that the installation that Ameland thanks to these and other measures (eg, a 6-MW PV plant) by 2020, CO2-neutral.
CFC CEO Frank Obernitz said: ". Installed as part of virtual power plant networks technology is an important milestone on the path towards higher energy efficiency, clean energy and thus a successful energy transition" As the German-Australian Company announced to ten more BlueGen aggregates be delivered to England.
Author: Sven Geitmann
Report is published in late June 2014 in the issue 3-2014 of the journal HZwei
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