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Technology Strategy Board. The AIMC4 consortium is a partnership of UK companies created to pioneer the volume production of low carbon homes, and includes developers Stewart Milne Group, Crest Nicholson PLC, Barratt Developments PLC, H+H UK Ltd and the Building Research Establishment. Crest Nicholson is one of the UK's leading developers of new homes, building approximately 1,500 new homes each year. Brendan Dow, Managing Director, Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited, said: "BlueGen is an advanced technology that is available today. With its high levels of energy efficiency BlueGen provides a clear pathway towards the UK Government's 2016 residential sector targets for all new build houses to be Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited ABN : 055 736 671 Website : www.cfcl.com.au "zero carbon". Demonstrating that BlueGen can provide all the heating for a new home opens up a large market for us, and means BlueGen is not restricted to the market for replacement boilers. "Crest Nicholson is an exciting partner for Ceramic Fuel Cells and we look forward to sharing a close working relationship as we explore the potential for installing additional BlueGen units at other Crest Nicholson new home developments." Stephen Stone, Chief Executive, Crest Nicholson, said: "This is a real first for the UK in terms of introducing fuel cell technology into new homes, and the fact that the technology is now at a point where people can effectively use it in their living environment is something that will bring real consumer benefits. "The technology works best in energy efficient homes that require very low levels of heating, and this is exactly the case with the AIMC4 homes at Epsom. Not only that, but as part of this pioneering project we will also be carrying out an intensive programme of post-occupancy evaluation, which will provide solid data to help us understand how our customers react to the benefits of fuel cell technology. "It is a real priority for us to continue to drive innovation in the delivery of sustainable communities, and we hope that the technology we have installed at Epsom will, through collaboration, lead to volume supply that will ultimately bring down costs and provide an exciting approach to delivering the Government's 2016 zero carbon timeline ambitions." ENDS More information: • A video of the BlueGen unit installed in the Crest Nicholson home, with an interview by Brendan Dow, is available at http://www.cfcl.com.au/webcasts/ • A Case Study on this installation is available at http://www.bluegen.info/crest-nicholson-total- integration/

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited : Crest Nicholson installs BlueGen into low carbon home 06/24/2012 | 08:50pm Market Announcement Monday 25 June 2012 Crest Nicholson installs BlueGen to create the UK's first low carbon home using fuel cell power and heating Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (AIM / ASX: CFU), a leading provider of high efficiency and low emission electricity generation products for homes and other buildings, is pleased to announce that Crest Nicholson, one of the UK's leading house builders, has installed a BlueGen gas-to-electricity generator in one of its low carbon homes. The BlueGen unit is installed in a four bedroom family home in Crest Nicholson's Noble Park development on the outskirts of Epsom, Surrey. This is the UK's first ever installation of a microgeneration certificate scheme (MCS) accredited micro power and heat fuel cell in a new build home, providing power, heating and hot water. The Crest Nicholson low carbon home demonstrates how new houses can meet the energy efficiency levels of the Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4, cutting carbon emissions by 44 percent from 2006 Part L Building Regulations levels. In 2016 this requirement for all homes sent to planning increases to "zero carbon", meaning the building fabric of the home and onsite power and heat generation must cut emissions by at least 70 percent from 2006 levels, equivalent to zero net carbon emissions from regulated energy, which is that used for heating, hot water, lighting and building (services) consumption, over the course of a year. In addition to the energy reduction requirements, the Crest Nicholson home with the BlueGen unit meets all the elements of the 2010 Code for Sustainable Homes level 4, which include design for low water consumption, enhanced ecological protection, Lifetime Homes and Secure by Design criteria. As part of the AIMC4 Consortium research project, Crest Nicholson has designed the home for high insulation and energy efficiency and low heat losses. The BlueGen is providing all the heat needed for the home - there is no separate boiler or other heating device needed. The BlueGen product is the only fuel cell product eligible for the UK Feed-In Tariff (FIT), which provides a payment to BlueGen customers for power generated on-site and exported back to the power grid. BlueGen units use ceramic fuel cells to turn natural gas into electricity - as well as heat for hot water - for homes, schools, offices and small commercial buildings. Each BlueGen unit can save up to four tonnes of carbon per year in low carbon homes. The peak electrical efficiency of BlueGen is up to 60 percent, far higher than any other small scale generating technology in the world. With the added benefit of heat, total efficiency is up to 85 percent and may be even higher in such low energy homes. The Noble Park homes are being delivered by the "AIMC4" consortium, supported by funding from the government-backed Technology Strategy Board

Sarantel Group PLC : - Update on production order wins 06/22/2012 | 07:11am 22 June 2012 Sarantel Group PLC Update on production order wins Sarantel Group PLC (AIM: SLG, 'Sarantel' or 'the Group'), a leading manufacturer of high-performance, miniature filtering antennas for mobile and wireless devices, confirms the substantial order received from a leading military radio manufacturer, originally announced on 8 February 2012, is progressing well. To date, Sarantel has produced and shipped 50% of the total order and is on track to fulfil the remaining customer requirements by February 2013, generating in excess of US$2 million in revenues. The Group also confirms that its rugged GeoHelix GPS antenna, which is used in the US military's "Rifleman radio", as part of the US Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program, is progressing. The JTRS program awarded by the US Army, was initially announced by Sarantel's US military subcontractor customer on 7 July 2011. They have since released further announcements on 14 December 2011 and 23 January 2012 as initial operational tests and evaluations were completed in Fort Bliss, Texas and further afield in Afghanistan. There is no indication that the alleged US Defense rows have had an impact on the progress of this program. As stated in Sarantel's announcement dated 28 July 2011, the US Army has indicated a requirement to purchase more than 190,000 Rifleman radios, which would generate revenues in excess of US$6 million for the Group. David Wither, CEO of Sarantel, said: "We continue to see strong growth in our key military market and expect revenue flows to gain momentum in the second half of 2012 and into 2013. Sarantel's technology is a critical component to a number of very large military communications programs and we expect these programs to be increasingly important in the coming years. The backing from of a leading military customer to secure the HSBC loan facility earlier this year, further supports the significance of Sarantel's technology to our military customers." Enquiries Sarantel Group PLC 01933 670 560 David Wither, Chief Executive Officer Nicola Malyon, Chief Financial Officer Beaumont Cornish Ltd (Nominated Adviser) 020 7628 3396 Roland Cornish/Michael Cornish XCAP Securities PLC (Corporate Broker) 020 7101 7070 Jon Belliss/Karen Kelly College Hill 020 7457 2020 Kay Larsen/Rozi Morris http://www.4-traders.com/SARANTEL-GROUP-PLC-4005092/news/Sarantel-Group-PLC-Update-on-production-order-wins-14382543/

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http://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/30267/ceramic-fuel-cells-gas-to-electricity-technology-to-be-used-in-netherlands-virtual-power-plant-30267.html Ceramic Fuel Cells’ gas to electricity technology to be used in Netherlands virtual power plant Tuesday, June 19, 2012 by Christine Feary Ceramic Fuel Cells (ASX: CFU, AIM: CFU) has secured a Virtual Power Plant project in the Netherlands which will utilise the company’s BlueGen gas to electricity generators. BlueGen units will be installed with customers across the Netherlands, creating a community of distributed energy producers that is connected through the internet and operated as a virtual power plant. Already three BlueGen units have been installed with energy consultants Kiwa Gastec, to test their compatibility with the designed system. This provides a regulated environment for the early testing phases. Initial testing will take about one year and will include examination of the impact of extreme modulation cycles. The project will be scaled up in the second half of 2012 and into 2013. The virtual power plant project is a partnership between Ceramic’s distribution partner BlueGeneration, Dutch regional network operator Liander and IBM (NYSE: IBM). The three companies will design a platform on which the virtual power plant can run, with Liander and IBM to design the technical requirements and define the use cases for the platform. Liander distributes electricity to 3 million customers and gas to 2.3 million customers in the Netherlands. Incorporating the virtual power plant into its Smart Grid will allow Liander to locally balance the demand and supply of electricity, lowering energy costs. IBM will provide system integration to control the BlueGen units remotely, utilising its experience in the field of Smart Grids.

5,000 is not a particularly high figure and as the German and other European government subsidies kick in then the price will fall. Ceramic’s main rival comes from Japanese technology, and at this stage the Australian product is far more fuel efficient – but the Japanese have access to virtually unlimited capital. That’s a danger for the small Australian company. A number of Australian state governments, including Victoria, have approved the units but once again production scale must be obtained to make it economic. The bottom line is that Ceramic is at the stage where it needs capital on a larger scale to take advantage of its market position and its looming manufacturing deal with Jabil. I suspect that existing shareholders will need to decide whether to back the company to the next stage or whether some other group needs to take it further – either through a major placement or a full takeover. All of these factors outlined above make Ceramic a very interesting company to watch, but also clearly a highly speculative stock at this stage. It’s not often that a small Australian company gets to look at an enormous market and find it is the leading global player. Overseas institutions, a few individuals and Australian self-managed funds are its main shareholders. No large Australian institution is involved. Ceramic can see the lush ground ahead but it needs the money to cross into the green fields. Governments around the world face enormous outlays to increase lower-carbon power generation and, in the case of Germany, replace nuclear. If they can encourage small enterprises and households to provide the capital while gaining much cheaper power their problem is solved. This article is copyright of Eureka Report. It can be found here: http://www.eurekareport.com.au/iis/iis.nsf/pages/420B57885A680EF0CA257A1B00814EE3 ?OpenDocument http://www.cfcl.com.au//Assets/Files/20120614-Lights-on-for-an-energy-minnow_Eureka%20Report.pdf

Lights on for an energy minnow By Robert Gottliebsen. Published June 13, 2012. Portfolio point: Investors may find that the next step for the changing household energy market comes from a little-known Australian stock. One of the most dangerous activities of any commentator is to express a degree of excitement about a stock that at March 31 had $17 million in the bank and is burning cash at the rate of about $5 million a quarter. It has a market capitalisation of about $120 million on the basis of a share price of about 8 cents. Yet this company has developed technology in Australia that puts it in a position to be one of the major global beneficiaries of the Japanese nuclear disaster. And a US based giant – the $4 billion capitalised Jabil – is so excited by the prospect that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Australian minnow to make the Australian products in Europe. Jabil is one of the biggest manufacturers of components for Apple (plus IBM, Cisco and GE). For a giant global manufacturer to sign an agreement with a tiny cash-strapped Australian company shows that the US company believes this is a product that, one way or another, is going to be manufactured on a massive global scale. So after that build up, let me tell you the story. Ceramic Fuel Cells (CFU) developed a gas-driven generator that small enterprises and households can buy and install that silently generates electricity at a cost way under the majors. You can imagine how much opposition the incumbents have created when faced with this threat. But painfully, step by step, the Australian company led by former Pacific Hydro chief Jeff Harding and CEO Brendan Dow not only made the technology work but developed a way to mass produce Ceramic’s so-called BlueGen generators. Most of the activity has been in Europe. After the Japanese nuclear accident, Germany decided to scale back its massive investment in nuclear power. It is providing an array of incentives that will greatly improve the economics of manufacturing both Ceramic’s BlueGen small-scale electricity generator and its micro combined heat and power (mCHP) units which convert the heat generated by electricity generation to hot water. Ceramic is also developing markets in the UK, Austria and the Netherlands. Its problem is that at this stage the production volumes, while rising rapidly, are not big enough to reduce the purchase price to a level where there is a four to five year payback as a result of lower power bills. When that happens, BlueGen unit installation becomes a nobrainer for smaller enterprises and households. To get to the required price level Ceramic needs to sell about 5,000 units a year in Europe, but current orders – while rising rapidly – are well short of the target. Nevertheless, for a unit that currently costs in the vicinity of €20,000, production of 5,000 is not a particularly high fi

Meyer also commented on gold company Hambledon Mining’s (LON:HMB) “positive” underground grade at the Sekisovskoye mine in East Kazakhstan. Many of the grades exceeded expectations and the Fairfax analyst reckons it is “well placed” to make the most of the better grades and production. “Hambledon appears well set to benefit from rising gold prices and from its work with the new underground mine,” concluded Meyer, who is a ‘buyer’ with a 7 pence target price, well above the current 1.6 pence market price. http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/columns/broker-spotlight/9648/broker-round-up-part-2-europa-oil-gas-fusion-ip-reneuron-firestone-diamonds-and-hambledon-mining-9648.html

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Most importantly however, it can contribute to reducing peak demand, which is the monster under the energy supply bed all over Australia. On the east coast, research undertaken for the Australian Energy Market Commission forecasts that, without significant intervention, peak demand in 2030 will reach 60,000 MW compared with 38,000 MW today. When you appreciate that it is estimated each megawatt requires about $3.5 million to $4 million in infrastructure capex and that this is one of the major impacts on rising network charges, then finding a genuine mitigation approach needs to be a government priority. It has been calculated that about $11 billion has been invested in the networks segment on the east coast to meet the extreme peaks – in effect to meet power demand for about 100 hours a year. Unlike solar power, fuel cells can deliver peak requirements at any time of day and in all types of weather. With all east coast governments casting around for ways to deal with the peak demand problem, a decision by Baillieu’s regime to accept the VCEC recommendation could have an effect outside Victoria’s borders. One can imagine the idea having its attractions for the federal Coalition as well as it seeks policies to plug the energy management gaps that will be left when it repeals the Gillard government’s carbon tax and other programs – and that will be attractive for borderline voters thinking about going Green. Perhaps not surprisingly, most of the commentariat’s attention has been captured by the VCEC finding that investors in rooftop solar power should receive between 6 and 8 cents a kilowatt hour for what they deliver to the grid until 2015 and thereafter have to rely on what retailers bid for their product. The Clean Energy Council sees this attitude as “unrealistic” – which I guess depends entirely on where you’re standing when you look at it. The CEC says a “fair and reasonable” payment is 12 to 16 cents per kWh, but the big solar boosters argue it should be 40 to 60 cents, the latter being where Victorian Labor launched its scheme, leading inevitably to it being slashed to 25 cents as it was rushed by punters who know a good thing when they see it. However, the real value of the pot of money available over time for distributed generation providers can be seen by looking at AEMO’s forecasts. Under its ‘medium’ modelling scenario, which envisages ‘moderate’ retail power price rises, PV capex reductions and government incentives, the energy market operator predicts solar capacity will reach 12,000 MW in 2031. The ‘high’ scenario (based on the end of the era of cheap energy) foresees 18,000 MW of capacity. That’s a lot of moola in equipment supply and the solar industry until now has been able to see it as theirs, all theirs. Now it may not be. Keith Orchison, director of consultancy Coolibah Pty Ltd and editor of Po

Keith Orchison I suspect the solar power boosters were so busy cheering in late May that they failed to notice the soft noise of a door being opened behind them. The publication of an Australian Energy Market Operator report on the growth of rooftop solar power on the east coast and on potential for photovoltaic capacity to increase four-fold this decade elated the sector and its supporters. The report, they said, shows that rooftop solar PV can be an energy game-changer in Australia. However, this overlooks the potential for a rival to nip in and eat solar’s lunch – something stymied at present because Labor federal, state and ACT governments have preferred to cosy up to the Greens by keeping feed-in tariff arrangements a closed shop. At roughly the same time that AEMO was reporting that solar PV installed capacity, now standing at 1,450 MW and delivering 0.6 per cent of east coast electricity consumption, could rise to 5,100 MW by 2020, the Victorian Competition & Efficiency Commission was recommending to the Baillieu government that it consider amending the state’s feed-in tariff scheme inherited from Steve Bracks and John Brumby. VCEC suggests the government open the scheme to offering a subsidy for any low-emission generation of 100 kilowatts or less. This is great news for one Victorian-based company, Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited, which until now has had far more success winning support in Germany and Britain for its gas-fired fuel cell system than in Australia – where the renewable supporters have regarded FiTs as their private preserve. Ceramic Fuel Cells has, in effect, received support from the Commission for its argument that householders, small businesses and community groups should have a wider choice. And naturally it sees that choice extending to its product, BlueGen, which it claims can deliver 13,000 gigawatt hours of power a year (double average national household demand) regardless of weather or time plus 200 litres of hot water a day and a far larger abatement achievement than PVs. VCEC is using the same argument to support its recommendation to the Baillieu government that it put forward in a report on Victoria’s manufacturing sector: selective assistance that lowers the costs of a particular firm or industry may improve its competitiveness at the expense of other sectors. The Commission adds: “Industry assistance through regulated tariffs and discriminatory eligibility criteria may not be the most appropriate way to support the establishment of a sustainable industry, especially when (in the case of the solar PV industry) it is already reasonably well-established.” The attraction for policymakers in going down this road, especially in regions where gas is available (and its reticulation now is pretty widespread), is that a larger take-up of distributed generation can cut power generation combustion losses (which are high for coal-fired output) and line losses. Most impor

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http://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/30186/hambledon-mining-first-tranche-of-ebrd-loan-now-available-30186.html Hambledon Mining plc is a gold mining and development group, which is operating the Sekisovskoye gold mine close to Ust Kamenogorsk in East Kazakhstan. The Company has been mining from an open pit and operating an 850,000 tonnes per annum treatment plant since 2008. Underground mining at Sekisovskoye began in late 2011 on time and on budget. From a combined production from the underground and open pit mine of approximately 30,000 ounces in 2012 a figure of approximately 100,000 ounces is targeted from the underground mine alone in 2017. It hopes to complete the purchase of Akmola Gold LLP in March 2012, bringing in to the group two gold deposits with a total resource of 440,000 ounces gold.

Although it has been a challenging year for gold company Hambledon Mining (LON:HMB), broker Fairfax is sure things will improve sooner rather than later. It sees the current period as a transition for the company and while “many headwinds remain in 2012”, the broker says production will improve in the coming years as underground operations ramp up. http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/columns/broker-spotlight/9503/broker-round-up-part-2-gulf-keystone-petroleum-xcite-energy-hambledon-mining-and-afferro-mining-9503.html

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/in-the-black/quality-stocks-key-to-value-holding-over-long-term/story-e6frfinf-1226362764735 ONE of the bizarre features of feed-in electricity tariffs in Victoria is their availability for solar panels but not on high efficiency, gas-fed power generators such as those made by the locally listed Ceramic Fuel Cells (CFU). When you factor in transmission losses and the significant benefits of distributed power generation, fuel cells can produce well under half of the emissions of standard electricity generators plus free hot water 24/7. The Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission has now recommended that the feed-in tariffs be extended to generators such as the CFU-made BlueGen unit, leading to an 8.24 per cent share spike yesterday. Similar feed-in tariffs are already available in Germany and the UK, really CFU's home market since it moved manufacturing to Germany. A speculative buy for the true believers, once the current price spike is out of the way.

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited : Victorian Government review supports feed in tariffs for fuel cells 05/20/2012 | 08:57pm Market Announcement http://www.4-traders.com/CERAMIC-FUEL-CELLS-LIMITE-10353847/news/Ceramic-Fuel-Cells-Limited-Victorian-Government-review-supports-feed-in-tariffs-for-fuel-cells-14336713/ Monday 21 May 2012 Victorian Government review supports feed in tariffs for fuel cells Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (AIM / ASX: CFU) - a leading developer of high efficiency and low emission electricity generation products for homes and other buildings - is pleased to announce that the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission (VCEC) has recommended that feed in tariffs be extended to include small scale low emissions generators like fuel cells. The draft report by VCEC, released on Friday 18 May, recommends that Victoria's solar PV feed in tariff be broadened to include all low-emissions and renewable technologies, with a requirement that electricity retailers must offer a wholesale price based feed in tariff for distributed generation of 100 kilowatts or less. Feed-in tariffs are payments to distributed generators for electricity generated at their premises and fed back into the power grid. VCEC recommends that the feed in tariff be based on the wholesale price for electricity. A report commissioned by VCEC notes that this value varies depending on time, location, and the type of generation technology. The report estimates that currently this value is approximately seven cents per kilowatt hour. Ceramic Fuel Cells' BlueGen gas to electricity generator would be eligible for this feed in tariff, making Victoria the first State in Australia to provide a feed in tariff for fuel cells. BlueGen customers already receive feed in tariffs in Germany and the United Kingdom. The VCEC draft report adopts several recommendations made by Ceramic Fuel Cells in our submission and consultation with VCEC, including:

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http://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/29184/hambledon-mining-shares-up-as-reveals-further-drill-results-29184.html Hambledon Mining (LON:HMB) shares were lifted this afternoon, after it revealed further drill results from the Sekisovskoye underground mine. The drilling of this ore body began in Q4, 2011 and results from the programme up to May 13 this year include 3 metres at 6.87 gramme per tonne (g/t) gold. So far, 114 holes have been drilled to date and the latest highlights since the last update include hole 100 with 10 metres at 5.25 g/t of the yellow metal. Hole 106 showed 4 metres at 6.07g/t gold and 4m with 3.62g/t gold and 1 metre at 28.76g/t. As at 3.27pm, the firm's shares were up 3.57 per cent, at 2.18 pence. As well as the drill results, Hambledon updated investors on underground mining activity at the project in Kazakhstan During April, a further 6,400 tonnes of underground ore with head grade 3.12g/t gold was treated in the processing plant and underground mining activity is now achieving tonnages in line with management expectations, said the firm. Construction of the main high voltage substation for the next mining block and associated dewatering station are well advance, it added. The company said that last month it advised shareholders that the bankruptcy proceedings for its subsidiary Ognevka had been completed and it had received US$1.2 million as fulfilment of proceeds to be paid to the creditors. Since then, it has received further payments of US$420,000 relating to the bankruptcy process, making total proceeds received by the company of $1.62 million.

http://www.stockmarketwire.com/article/4369666/Mining-Sector-Hambledon-sees-modest-gains-after-latest-results-from-Sekisovskoye.html StockMarketWire.com - Shares in Kazakhstan-focused Hambledon Mining (LON:HMB) rose modestly after it revealed the latest results from its underground mine and associated diamond drill programme to validate the geological resources at Sekisovskoye. The 114 drill holes have been completed in the upper levels of the underground ore zones and the results are consistent with and, in many areas, exceed the previous geological and mineral resource modelling previously carried out. The main intersections since the last update include: * Hole 99 - 3m at 6.87g/t Au * Hole 100 -  10m at 5.25g/t Au * Hole 103 - 3m at 3.43g/t Au and 3m at 3.79g/t Au * Hole 106 -  4m at 6.07g/t, Au 4m at 3.62g/t Au and 1m at 28.76g/t * Hole 107 - 3m at 6.36g/t Au * Hole 113 - 4m at 7.3g/t Au and 3m at 3.14g/t Au * Hole 114 - 3m at 8.31g/t Au and 1m at 10.14g/t