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In Europe installed first residential FC-CHP units by the ene.field project
First two fuel-cell based combined heat and power units installed in Germany by Baxi Innotech GmbH and Elcore GmbH.
The fuel-cell based combined heat and power (FC-CHP) units installed in Germany, precisely in Homburg and Munich, are the first two of a number of 1000 units. The European ene.field project, co-funded by the European Commission’s Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) and in partnership with Baxi Innotech GmbH and Elcore GmbH along with other 26 partners, will install those devices in all the countries in its range of action in order to collect information on domestic energy consumption and about the possible applicability of those devices across Europe.
According to Dr. Manfred Stefener, CEO of Elcore, “the ene.field project provides great support to increase the number of systems operating in European homes. The data collected in the households will serve to generate a comprehensive report on the potential of fuel cells in Europe.” The Elcore 2400 is, for this reason, a device that can help in saving energy (up to 40%) and in reducing the energy costs in a typical household. Its innovation consists in taking advantage of Elcore’s high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane (HTPEM) fuel cell technology, generating 2400 kWh of energy per year.
The ene.project aims to enlarge the fuel cells installing area throughout a major number of European countries, through the extension of the learnings, in order to deal with an increasing number of European customers. In this way, spreading its FC-CHP units, this project will be well-known for its being environmentally friendly and will lay the basis for a possible exploitation of the market in the future.
Talking about particular fuel cells efficiency, Guido Gummert, MD of Baxi Innotech, says that “our fuel cell heating appliance Gamma Premio ensures that energy is managed as efficiently as possible. This needs-based type of on-the-spot heat and energy provision is considered highly efficient, and has a total efficiency of 96%. Compared with all other known heating technologies it performs significantly better.”
According to Dr. Manfred Stefener, CEO of Elcore, “the ene.field project provides great support to increase the number of systems operating in European homes. The data collected in the households will serve to generate a comprehensive report on the potential of fuel cells in Europe.” The Elcore 2400 is, for this reason, a device that can help in saving energy (up to 40%) and in reducing the energy costs in a typical household. Its innovation consists in taking advantage of Elcore’s high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane (HTPEM) fuel cell technology, generating 2400 kWh of energy per year.
The ene.project aims to enlarge the fuel cells installing area throughout a major number of European countries, through the extension of the learnings, in order to deal with an increasing number of European customers. In this way, spreading its FC-CHP units, this project will be well-known for its being environmentally friendly and will lay the basis for a possible exploitation of the market in the future.
Talking about particular fuel cells efficiency, Guido Gummert, MD of Baxi Innotech, says that “our fuel cell heating appliance Gamma Premio ensures that energy is managed as efficiently as possible. This needs-based type of on-the-spot heat and energy provision is considered highly efficient, and has a total efficiency of 96%. Compared with all other known heating technologies it performs significantly better.”
