Ceramic Fuel Cells Regulatory News (CFU)

30 Aug 2007 07:00

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited30 August 2007 PRESS RELEASE 30 August 2007 Gledhill selected as appliance partner for Ceramic Fuel Cells & E.ON UK collaboration working for greener home energy Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (CFCL), a global leader in fuel cell development,today announces that Gledhill Water Storage has been selected as its UKappliance partner, to join the project announced in July 2007 with E.ON UK todevelop and deploy 1kW micro-combined heat and power (m-CHP) units for the UKmarket. The three companies will work together to develop a fully-integrated m-CHP unit,which incorporates CFCL's fuel cells, for the residential market. These highlyefficient units are designed to power homes whilst reducing carbon emissions, ina drive for cleaner energy generation. As previously announced, CFCL will supply a NetGen+ unit for operation with aboiler and a specially designed thermal store to produce an 'Alpha' prototypewhich will then be deployed in a field trial. The current project remains onschedule for the NetGen+ unit to be delivered by December 2007 and the Alphaunit to be developed in Q2 2008. Mark Foster, Managing Director of Gledhill Water Storage said "We are pleased tobe a partner on such a highly prestigious development. This recognises the keyrole of intelligent thermal storage systems in maximising the performance ofalternative energy sources." Brendan Dow, Managing Director of CFCL, said: "Climate change is an issue thatrequires urgent attention, and we are proud to be working on developing asolution to address the environmental impact of modern power generation, throughreducing carbon emissions from the home. "This agreement completes our initial partnering objectives in Europe, with fourutility and four appliance partners in place across four key markets. We lookforward to working with both E.ON UK and Gledhill in our drive for cleaner powergeneration in the UK." Ends Notes to editors: 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). Gledhill Water Storage produces an advanced range of appliances for the deliveryof domestic mains pressure hot water and heating. The Gledhill group ofcompanies include the largest boiler and storage vessel expertise in the UK andthe longest established under the same family ownership. Gledhill'smanufacturing headquarters in Blackpool operates to world class standards -Gledhill has become the first within the industry to achieve 'World ClassManufacturer' status under the CBI PROBE scheme for promoting businessexcellence. http://www.gledhill.net/water-storage/ws-index.htm For further information please contact: Ceramic Fuel CellsBrendan Bilton Tel: +44 (0) 7798 554 191Andrew Neilson Tel: +61 419 950 771 Email: investor@cfcl.com.au Hogarth Partnership (PR to Ceramic FuelCells)Nick Denton / Sarah MacLeod / Sarah Tel: +44 (0) 20 7357 9477Richardson Libertas Capital (Nominated Adviser to CFCL)Aamir Quraishi, Andrew Hardy Tel: +44 (0) 20 7569 9650 GledhillMark Foster, Managing Director Tel: +44 (0) 1253 474 444 Email: markf@gledhill.net This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange