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;) and most of the low carbon H2 from HEE I guess
kontiki2, I am not saying the ammonia will come from Siemens, but this link explains the idea. Nothing to do with the colour of the gas.
https://new.siemens.com/uk/en/company/topic-areas/sustainable-energy/green-ammonia.html
Green?
Wikipedia says ammonia is colorless.
Depends where you are based. The company would source green ammonia, using excess renewable energy.
So where does the H2 or NH3 fuel come from 'off grid'?
Kontiki the AFC EV Charger has nothing to do with balancing the grid, it's OFF GRID.
Kontiki, if VRFB are the answer then that could also be good for AFC as alkamem could be used with its higher power per square cm
Aren't VRFB more efficient for balancing local grid demands? Using FC energy sources to charge EVs seems like backing the "VHS horse".
Exciting: ‘several prospective customers’ and ‘160’.
Good news.
This is further good news. The money to be spent on manufacturing larger units. No mention of using the monies raised for general running expenses. Will be interesting to see how the market reacts.
I see this as really positive from a supply and demand point of view.
Onwards and upwards, I would love to be able to see the list of prospective customers.
Good stuff, another good placing and I guess they need the bigger unit to prove it scales up. https://www.investegate.co.uk/afc-energy-plc--afc-/rns/issue-of-equity/202001200700062395A/
I said there would de huge demand, this is verified by the fast tracking of the larger systems that clients require.
Following the successful launch of AFC Energy's H-Power Electric Vehicle Charger in December 2019, the Company has commenced conversations with several prospective customers, including fleet operators, Councils and retailers. These discussions have confirmed interest in our technology and ratified our strategy to introduce 160kW and 480kW units at the earliest opportunities.
To this end, the net proceeds of the Subscription are expected to contribute towards the manufacture of AFC Energy's largest EV charger unit with a nameplate of 160kW to support demonstration and commercial activity in 2020. This new system, capable of delivering up to 3.8MWh of clean off grid energy per day, will sit alongside the existing 20kW EV charger system launched in December 2019.
So we need to commission 2300 chargers a day for 30 years.
Whether we need electric charging points or hydrogen filling points, including a heavy hydrogen demand from trucks, buses, taxis, vans etc., the colossal production of CO2 in their manufacture(offset by what we currently make) will slow down the total reduction of CO2 for a few years.
So we better start now as quickly as we can, some people realise this, some don't.
Attenborough is right, as usual, and thank goodness he's talking about the whole world, not jusr Britain.
Any extra the hydrogen industry can build (and sell!!) not only helps solve the problem but hopefully lets us make a bigger profit.
The science is there, now we need to promote the awareness, the mathematics and the engineering.
Also, from an AFC Energy perspective, there will still be 20% of the grid where it's too expensive and/or difficult to upgrade/extend the grid. And AFC EV Chargers are the solution.
This news item just takes it from 20% to far far more.
So this raises another question. Even if they can invest enough for the national grid to keep up with demand, can they find the workforce to do all the construction work on time, and can the renewable energy generators keep up and still have a balanced grid? It seems to me no point in extending the national grid if they have to use diesel generators for the base load to keep up with the demand.
AFC already has THE solution!!!
The need for urgent investment in Britain's electricity network to cope with the rise in popularity of plug-in vehicles has been highlighted once more in a new report.
With pure-electric passenger car registrations rising by 144 per cent in 2019 and due to soar in the coming years, the Electric Vehicle Energy Task Force claims the national grid will crumble under increased demand for power.
It warned ministers who commissioned the report that without a 'smart charging' infrastructure in place, there is a real risk of blackouts across the country in the future - similar to those that left 1million Britons without power in August.
It warned: 'The infrastructure spending required to prepare the UK electricity networks for the electric vehicle transition is likely to run to tens of billions of pounds.'
However, it added: '...the Taskforce believes this cost can be significantly reduced if the right decisions are made and the transition is effectively coordinated between government and key energy, infrastructure and transport industry stakeholders.
'A prior study put this figure at between £2.7billion and £6.5billion.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/cars/article-7894719/UK-electricity-network-needs-upgraded-cope-rising-EV-demand.html
https://www.lowcvp.org.uk/projects/electric-vehicle-energy-taskforce.htm