Ceramic Fuel Cells Regulatory News (CFU)

22 Nov 2007 07:01

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited22 November 2007 22 November 2007 CERAMIC FUEL CELLS ACHIEVES EUROPEAN SAFETY APPROVAL FOR MICROGENERATION FUEL CELL SYSTEM Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (CFCL), a leading developer of solid oxide fuel cellsand provider of enabling technology for micro-combined heat and power (m-CHP)units, has been awarded European "CE" safety approval for NetGenPlusTM, itsm-CHP system designed to generate electricity and provide hot water and centralheating for homes and small businesses. NetGenPlusTM is CFCL's third CHP system to receive CE ("Conformite Europeene")approval, which is required before CHP units can be deployed in Europe in fieldtrials and then on a commercial scale. The CE tests of the NetGenPlusTM unitwere conducted by the Netherlands-based independent technical specialist, KiwaGastec Certification, Europe's market leader for testing and certification ofgas related products. The NetGenPlusTM unit can be easily connected to existing gas and electricitynetworks and has similar characteristics to its predecessor, NetGenTM, with themore powerful Gennex fuel cell module - launched by CFCL in late 2006 -installed inside. NetGenPlusTM is powered by CFCL's advanced metal-ceramic fuelcell stack, running on natural gas. NetGenPlusTM units will be installed with leading utility customers andappliance partners as part of product development projects in Germany, France,UK, and Benelux. CFCL's partners EWE and Bruns in Germany and De Dietrich Thermique in France,have already received NetGenTM units and CFCL expects to commence the roll outof the next generation NetGenPlusTM units to its other partners, Gaz de France(the largest gas company in Europe), Remeha / De Dietrich (the largest gasboiler maker in France and Holland), Nuon (a leading Dutch energy company) andE.ON UK Ltd (the UK's largest integrated power and gas company) in the comingmonths. CFCL's utility partners combined have more than 20 million customersacross Europe. Brendan Dow, Managing Director, commented: "CE is a demanding, rigorous test carried out by independent technicalspecialists. Securing CE approval requires significant expertise in designingand building complete, fully integrated combined heat and power units which havebeen independently tested in real world conditions. The award of thiscertificate of safety for our NetGenPlusTM unit underscores our progress towardscommercialisation across Europe." ENDS For further information please contact: Ceramic Fuel Cells Tel: +61 419 950 771Andrew Neilson Email: investor@cfcl.com.auLibertas Capital Tel: +44 (0) 20 7569 9650Aamir Quraishi / Andrew HardyHogarth Partnership, UK Tel: +44 (0) 20 7357 9477Sarah MacLeod / Sarah Richardson / Vicky Watkins About CFCL Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited is a leader in developing solid oxide fuel cell(SOFC) technology which can provide reliable, energy efficient, high-quality,and low-emission electricity from widely available natural gas and renewablefuels. CFCL is developing SOFC products for small-scale on-site micro combinedheat and power (m-CHP) and distributed generation units that co-generateelectricity and heat for domestic use. CFCL is listed on the London StockExchange AIM market and the Australian Securities Exchange (code CFU). www.cfcl.com.au This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange