RNS 3rd Part1 Oct 2019 21:31
Company history:
In the expansion, realignment and constant development of its core technologies, Proton Power has consistently demonstrated deep market awareness. Proton Power has survived in the CleanTech Fuel Cell technology business when many companies failed in 2008 following the financial crash. In terms of technology design, Proton Power's CleanTech technology has always remained true to its vision and has driven innovation forwards into the new hydrogen world.
The Company began as Magnet Motor, starting fuel cell development in 1994 and opening its factory in 1998. The technology and application roadmap went from the world's first fuel cell powered fork lift truck to a fuel cell ship. After that we developed the triple hybrid Skoda bus in 2008. Containerised power solutions completed the application portfolio. All those applications are powered by our own fuel cell stacks, with a robust design for a long lifetime. The Company established operations in the Munich area and was one of the first German designer and manufacturer of fuel cells. International growth is now planned by looking for good partners with the same vision.
The ongoing "Dieselgate" situation and the COP21 targets present the industry as a whole, but in particular the automotive industry, with a huge challenge and fuel cells are expected to provide part of the solution.
Global fuel cell market:
The global fuel cell market was valued at US$3.83 billion in 2015 and this is expected to reach a market size of US$8.99 billion by 2021, with a CAGR of 15.28 % between 2015 and 2021.
Source: www.profsharemarketresearch.com/global-fuel-cell-market-news/
The following market segments have been identified by Proton Power as key target markets:
Stationary for businesses and people
This market includes back up power for telecoms and data centre installations.
Mobility
Hydrogen Battery Hybrid zero emission vehicles. This market includes city buses, airport vehicles, trucks, off-road vehicles to fork lift trucks.
Maritime
Building on our success with the tourist ship in Hamburg, we now plan to sell the know-how capability to partners to evolve this market.
Rail
Through the initial operation of the first fuel cell train by Alstom we see increasing interest from this sector.
Product status and manufacturing capacity
In 2017 the Group initiated a new development program to design the fourth generation of fuel cell systems. This new lighter weight and higher integration single stack modular designs cover power ranges from 2 up to 16 kW in 2 kW steps in the lower power class (PM200) and from 15 to 75 kW in 7.5 kW steps in the upper power class (PM400). Both power classes are available not just for stationary, but also for logistic, automotive, rail and maritime applications.
With these fourth-generation fuel cell stacks and systems the Group has set up strategic partnerships with electrical drive train manufacturers and vehicle