Comments on: European homes to have $5,200 fuel cell by 2010: Acumentrics http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/03/31/european-homes-to-have-5200-fuel-cell-by-2010-acumentrics/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:00:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/03/31/european-homes-to-have-5200-fuel-cell-by-2010-acumentrics/comment-page-1/#comment-1928 Anonymous Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:16:32 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/03/31/european-homes-to-have-5200-fuel-cell-by-2010-acumentrics/#comment-1928 Another company that seems to be having success in Europe (at least in terms of signing deals) is Ceramic Fuel Cells. Their household unit is expected to sell for around $4000 - but it seems the lifetime they are aiming for is only 4 years at this point. More here : http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3723 Another company that seems to be having success in Europe (at least in terms of signing deals) is Ceramic Fuel Cells.

Their household unit is expected to sell for around $4000 – but it seems the lifetime they are aiming for is only 4 years at this point.

More here :

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3723

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/03/31/european-homes-to-have-5200-fuel-cell-by-2010-acumentrics/comment-page-1/#comment-1927 Anonymous Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:18:52 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/03/31/european-homes-to-have-5200-fuel-cell-by-2010-acumentrics/#comment-1927 I've been doing some research on Bloom Energy.... Not much out there but there are some reports on their system performance. The big 'sell' with Bloom is that their SOFC, while not any more efficienct then comparable models from Ceres, CFCL, Versa or Acumentrics, has a built in reformation process that spits out a gallon of hydrogen per day for every KW that a given unit is rated for. What I don't get is... how far can a gallon of hydrogen actually get you? I know it doesn't have comparable energy content to a gallon of gas... anyways, that's the promise. Let's see if it pans out. Link to a profile of Bloom: http://www.linksv.com/companySummaryES.aspx?co_idURL=35803 A project that bloom is working on in Chattanooga: http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/pdfs/review05/tvp_2_ferguson.pdf I’ve been doing some research on Bloom Energy…. Not much out there but there are some reports on their system performance. The big ’sell’ with Bloom is that their SOFC, while not any more efficienct then comparable models from Ceres, CFCL, Versa or Acumentrics, has a built in reformation process that spits out a gallon of hydrogen per day for every KW that a given unit is rated for.

What I don’t get is… how far can a gallon of hydrogen actually get you? I know it doesn’t have comparable energy content to a gallon of gas… anyways, that’s the promise. Let’s see if it pans out.

Link to a profile of Bloom: http://www.linksv.com/companySummaryES.aspx?co_idURL=35803

A project that bloom is working on in Chattanooga: http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/pdfs/review05/tvp_2_ferguson.pdf

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