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Over the last 20 years or so, the majority of large scale growers who produce crops under glass in the UK have switched to biomass to heat their boilers - grants were available to fund this switch.
Others are sited near to other industries to make use of waste heat, such as heated water from washing sugar beet.
They also feed waste CO2 into their glasshouses to stimulate growth.
Horticulture in the UK is generally a very green industry.
andrbea - very interesting. I wish there were more inevestigative chat on this rather sleepy BB. I've been in CWR & ITM for c5yrs and more recently in EQT and PHE. Could you imagine their plastics, tyres and household waste etc could be used as fuels for SOFC and maybe one day soon a merger between fuel cell designers/producers and energy from waste suppliers in the UK?
SOFCs and Greennhouses:
How is energy for the greenhouse currently obtained and what problems are associated with it?
Currently, fuel oil boilers are used to produce heat. Simultaneous electricity production is not possible. Therefore, an additional external power supply is necessary. It is also problematic that the operation of fuel oil boilers causes very high CO2 and pollutant emissions.
You are using solid oxide fuel cells in the AGRO SOFC project. What are the advantages?
With solid oxide fuel cells, we are dealing with chemical energy that is converted directly into electrical energy in the fuel cell. As a result, there are no intermediate steps that could lead to energy loss and high efficiencies can be achieved. (Note: The term “efficiency” indicates how much fuel is actually converted efficiently in the production of electrical energy.)
Another advantage of solid oxide fuel cells is that you can use very different fuels to produce electrical energy: Hydrogen, natural gas, ammonia, and even carbonaceous fuel gases. You can also switch and use whatever fuel you have on hand – all with the same technology.
What qualifies solid oxide fuel cells for use in the greenhouse project?
We are currently using diesel fuel and would like to reduce greenhouse gas emissions without changing the fuel. That’s where solid oxide fuel cells are the only option. They allow us to make much better use of diesel fuel and achieve greater efficiency for producing electrical energy and thermal energy.
https://innovationorigins.com/solid-oxide-fuel-cells-could-make-greenhouses-more-sustainable/
See the RNS from VLS today. Armati sold £650k on friday and perhaps were looking to invest some in here.
Nice very large 41k purchase end of day, must be due something big!!
Bosch? They have a stake in Ceres. Do these generating stations run on Ceres Cells? If so, Ceres need to be shouting this from the roof tops!
VHS vs. Betamax, Yahoo vs. Google...... you know where I'm going with this.
Ceres fuel cells need to become the defacto standard for SOFCs. Spread the word!
Fuel cell articles:
6.4.21
Https://www.greencarcongress.com/2021/04/20210406-stellantis.html
Https://www.h2-view.com/story/cutric-zeb-conference-strong-momentum-for-fuel-cell-electric-buses/
8.4.21
Michelin is intensifying efforts to make fuel cells as the French supplier bets that growing demand for hydrogen vehicles will help reduce its dependence on tires.
CEO Florent Menegaux will unveil a new growth strategy later Thursday and provide details on three main avenues for diversification.
The tire maker has said fuel-cell production, 3D printing and composite materials will generate billions of euros in additional revenue and account for as much as 30 percent of sales by the end of this decade.
Https://europe.autonews.com/suppliers/michelin-reinforces-hydrogen-bet-move-beyond-selling-tires
sector stuff
2 articles
Https://www.h2-view.com/story/hy-hybrid-looking-to-expand-with-further-hydrogen-collaborators/
The FINANCIAL -- Working with Stadtwerke Bamberg, the city’s public utilities, on a stationary fuel cell in Bamberg’s city center, Bosch is for the first time demonstrating its vision of a decentralized, climate-friendly energy supply of the future. The two partners have taken a micro power plant based on solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFC) into operation at Bamberg’s central bus station (ZOB). Measuring roughly two meters high, the refrigerator-sized plant generates around 10 kilowatts of electricity, which is enough to meet the annual requirements of more than 20 four-person households in the neighborhood of the bus station, according to Bosch.
Https://www.finchannel.com/world/80525-climate-friendly-neighborhood-electricity