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YOKOHAMA, Japan, July 31, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS), a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, announced on April 24, 2020, that it will change its name to “Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.” in conjunction with the transfer of shares in MHPS held by Hitachi, Ltd. to MHI. The date of the company name change, which was not fixed at that time, is on the schedule below.

Since its founding, MHPS has steadily improved its strength in three core areas: technology, comprehensive engineering, and after-sales servicing so as to respond to the needs of customers and society. The Company also continues to successfully achieve global business expansion. In this way, the Company is able to provide products of superlative quality and reliability, deliver projects around the world, and consistently meet user needs.

Under its new name, Mitsubishi Power, as one of the core subsidiaries of MHI Group, offers cutting-edge technologies and energy solutions for the power industry, supporting affordable and reliable power supplies in regions throughout the world. Further, by providing world-leading technologies, Mitsubishi Power is a key participant in creating a decarbonized, sustainable economy, helping to solve the challenges facing our global society.

Date of the Change of Company Name: September 1, 2020

Group Companies: The names of some Group companies in China and India, which had not been determined previously, have been decided as shown in the attachment.

See MHPS’ Group Companies Name: https://www.mhps.com/news/pdf/20200731.pdf

About Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS), headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, is a joint venture formed in February 2014 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and Hitachi, Ltd. integrating their operations in thermal power generation systems and other related businesses. MHPS today ranks among the world’s leading suppliers of equipment and services to the power generation market, backed by 100 billion yen in capital and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide. The Company’s products include GTCC (gas turbine combined-cycle) and IGCC (integrated coal gasification combined-cycle) power plants, gas/coal/oil-fired (steam) power plants, boilers, generators, gas and steam turbines, geothermal power plants, AQCS (air quality control systems), power plant peripheral equipment, digital solutions and solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFC).

For more information, please visit www.mhps.com.

 

https://www.powermag.com/press-releases/mhps-to-change-company-name-to-mitsubishi-power/

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Ceres Power PLC (LON:CWR) can be worth five times its current value if full advantage is taken of the opportunities now opening up says broker Berenberg - a huge fan of the fuel cell specialist.

Investor interest in the hydrogen and fuel cell sector has moved beyond how the technology works, adds the broker and is now focused on competitive dynamics, market opportunities and electrolysis.

In this scenario, Ceres offers one of the best opportunities for equity investors, argues Berenberg.

The AIM-listed group has leading solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology, a roster of global OEM partners and numerous upcoming near-term catalysts, it adds.

Berenberg has analysed the market and believes as industries seek to decarbonise and electrification needs increase, several winners will emerge with Ceres at the forefront of SOFC adoption.

SOFCs have a huge opportunity given their higher operating efficiency and ability to better address markets such as steel, where alternatives such as proton exchange membrane (PEM) and alkaline versions are less suited.

In numerous business segments, Ceres screens very favourably, Berenberg says, particularly in stationary power applications and based just on existing partnerships it estimates an addressable market of 500GW.

In revenue terms, that amounts to a more than £950mln a year opportunity or 32 times this year’s forecast.

New areas such as rail, shipping and electrolysis are all sources of additional potential upside, adds the broker.

On a modestly favourable penetration rate of SteelCell in the stationary power market, Berenberg gets to a price target of 580p, but full penetration moves the number to 2,000p or 400% upside.

'Buy' is its investment view

Shares rose 5% to 451p

 

https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/LON:CWR/Ceres-Power-Holdings-PLC/

 

Ceres Power Holdings PLC Share Price - CWR, RNS News, Articles, Quotes, & Charts (LON:CWR)

Ceres Power Holdings PLC (LON:CWR) Share Price and News. Ceres Power is a fuel cell technology and engineering company whose aim is to bring cleaner and cheaper energy to businesses, homes and vehicles. We are working with world-leading partners to embed o

www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk

 

 

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Solid-oxide-fuel-cell manufacturer Bloom Energy is entering the commercial hydrogen market by introducing hydrogen-powered fuel cells and electrolyzers that produce renewable hydrogen.

These products will be first introduced to the South Korean market in 2021 through an expanded partnership with SK Engineering and Construction (SK E&C), an affiliate of SK Group.

Bloom’s technologies can be critical in enabling South Korea to execute on its government-mandated Hydrogen Economy Roadmap. Bloom’s existing partnership with SK E&C has already sold 120 megawatts (MW) of fuel cells in South Korea, generating more than $1 billion in equipment and future services revenue for Bloom.

The Bloom Energy Servers are a proven market leader in clean, reliable, and resilient on-site power. This expansion of our product offering enables zero-carbon electricity and transportation solutions. Innovation and execution are fundamental tenets of our business and we are excited about the opportunity to advance the hydrogen economy with our long-time partner, SK E&C.

—KR Sridhar, founder, chairman, and CEO of Bloom Energy

Bloom Energy announced in June 2019 that its fuel cells could run on hydrogen to generate zero-carbon electricity. By the end of 2020, Bloom expects to ship a 100 kW pilot server to South Korea to power an SK E&C facility in early 2021. The second phase, a 1 MW hydrogen server installation, is targeted for a 2022 deployment. Both companies have committed to fund and to resource these two phases fully.

Our three-year collaboration with Bloom Energy has reinforced to us our view that Bloom’s fuel cell technology is the best in the world. Given the Korean government’s ambitious directive of deploying 15,000 MW of fuel cells by 2040, we forecast to sell 400 MW per year of fuel cells in the future.

—Jason Ahn, CEO of SK E&C

Bloom Energy’s core technology is based on research done by its founders on using electricity generated by a solar panel to produce fuel and oxygen on planet Mars for NASA. Bloom Energy Servers reversed this process by taking in fuel and air to generate electricity. Bloom is capitalizing on this technology by taking terrestrial renewable power and producing hydrogen using solid oxide electrolyzers. The renewable hydrogen, when produced in this manner, can fuel cars, power resilient AlwaysON Microgrids, or be injected into natural gas pipelines to reduce carbon emissions.

 

SK Group is the leading oil and gas provider in South Korea with 3,400 gas stations. The South Korean government’s roadmap requires the construction of 1,200 filling stations to fuel 6.2 million hydrogen cars by 2040. Bloom’s electrolyzers would allow SK to play a vital role in helping to meet these targets.

—Jason Ahn

 

Since 2002, Bloom has been awarded 19 patents for its solid oxide electrolyzer technology. Over time, it has improved the efficiency and aggressively reduced the cost of its products and expects this trend to continue. This, combined with the rapidly reducing cost of bulk solar and wind intermittent power, could make the hydrogen generated with Bloom electrolyers reach the US Department of Energy’s goal of gasoline price parity faster than other technologies.

Generating low-cost hydrogen from intermittent renewables is a sine qua non for decarbonization. Solid oxide electrolyzers hold the greatest potential to generate low-cost green hydrogen because of their superior efficiency, rapidly declining costs, and scalability. Achieving zero emissions in many sectors will depend upon making massive amounts of renewable hydrogen. Because Bloom is the market leader in solid oxide technology, I am very encouraged by this announcement.

—Jack Brouwer, professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and director of the National Fuel Cell Research Center (NFCRC) at the University of California, Irvine

https://www.greencarcongress.com/2020/07/20200720-bloom.html

 

SOFC-maker Bloom Energy announces initial strategy for hydrogen market entry; partnership with SK

Solid-oxide-fuel-cell manufacturer Bloom Energy is entering the commercial hydrogen market by introducing hydrogen-powered fuel cells and electrolyzers that produce renewable hydrogen. These products will be first introduced to the South Korean market in 2

www.greencarcongress.com

 

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東京ガス・千住テクノステーション(東京都荒川区)で試験運転しているSOFCシステム

東京ガスは発電効率65%と業界最高水準の高効率の固体酸化物形燃料電池(SOFC)を2020年代前半に商用化する。出力は5キロワットで、コンビニや商業店舗、事務所など小規模施設向けの電源を想定。電気料金の節約や二酸化炭素(CO2)排出削減が可能なほか、災害時の停電でも自立運転して発電を継続できる点などを訴求する。将来は50キロ―100キロワット級の中大型の開発も視野に入れる。

千住テクノステーション(東京都荒川区)で2台の試験運転を開始し、7月からはガスの科学館(同江東区)と田町スマートエネルギーセンター(同港区)でも1台ずつ試験運転を始める。実証試験を通じて耐久性や信頼性を評価。運用上の課題なども洗い出し、知見を積み重ねる。

高効率SOFCは、業務用燃料電池で実績のある三浦工業と共同で商品化する。森村SOFCテクノロジー(愛知県小牧市)のセルスタックを採用し、東京ガスが独自開発した高効率化技術をもとに商品化する。この技術は、1段目のスタックで発電した後の余剰のガスを再生して2段目のスタックに利用するもので、投入した燃料をより多くの発電に利用できる。部品選定やシステム簡素化などでコストダウンも図る。

SOFCを巡っては、大阪ガスなどが家庭用燃料電池で発電効率55%の製品を4月に発売。三菱日立パワーシステムズも出力220キロワットで発電効率55%の製品を投入している。発電効率65%は、これら既存のSOFCを大きく上回る。

東京ガスは、熱の需要が少ない中小規模施設には燃料電池システムを、ホテル、病院、工場などの大規模施設にはガスエンジン・タービン式のコージェネレーション(熱電併給)システムをそれぞれ提案し、市場全体をカバーしていく考えだ。現在は出力5キロワットのSOFCの商品化を進めているが、将来は店舗や事務所よりも大きな施設の需要もまかなえる出力50キロ―100キロワットクラスの開発も目指す。

 

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株式会社プロドローン(愛知県名古屋市)、株式会社アツミテック(静岡県浜松市)、産業技術総合研究所(NEDO 以下、産総研)は、液化石油ガス(LPG)のカセットガスボンベを利用した固体酸化物形燃料電池(SOFC= Solid Oxide Fuel Cell)搭載のドローンを開発し、世界初の飛行実証を行ったことを公表した。

飛行試験中のSOFCドローン(産総研HPより)

 固体酸化物形燃料電池(SOFC)とは、ジルコニア(ZrO2)やセリア(CeO2)などの固体酸化物(セラミックス)を電解質に用いた燃料電池のこと。650~800 ℃の高温で作動し、各種燃料電池の中で最も発電効率が高い。燃料電池が発電する原理は「水の電気分解の逆」で、燃料となるLPGなどから水素を取り出し、酸素と化学反応を起こし電気を作り出す。身近なところでは家庭用の燃料電池システム「エネファーム」などでも同様の仕組みが利用されている。

 今回の飛行実証では、ドローンに通常のリチウムイオンポリマ−(LiPo)二次電池に加え、市販のカセットボンベ2本を燃料とした固体酸化物形燃料電池(LPG駆動SOFCシステム)も搭載しハイブリット化した。飛行中にSOFCシステムで発電した電力は、通常飛行時にはLiPo二次電池を充電することに使う。強風時の姿勢維持やホバリングなど電力負荷が大きくなる際にはドローンに直接給電することで、30kg以上のペイロード(最大積載量)の機体を1時間程度飛行させることが可能となる見通しを得た。

 

時間程度飛行させることが可能となる見通しを得た。

従来のドローンとSOFCドローンの電力供給の模式図(産総研HPより)

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 その用途が広がり、より長く飛び、より重いものを運ぶことへの期待が大きくなるにつれ、ドローン電源の大容量化は解決を急ぐ課題となってきた。現在主流のLiPo二次電池は、単位重量あたりのエネルギー密度が小さいため、連続飛行時間は最大で30分程度にとどまる。電池を多く積めば飛行時間が伸びそうなものだが、多く積めば積むほど総重量も増えてしまう。電気自動車(EV)などでもこの問題は共通で、電池そのものの小型化、高性能化が課題となっており、これを解決すべくさまざまな研究が進められている。

 その解決策のひとつが燃料電池の利用で、自動車では水素を利用した燃料電池車の研究開発が進んでおり一部で実用化されている。ドローンでも同様の検討がなされているが、水素を搭載して飛行するには、墜落や衝突に備え高い安全基準をクリアする必要がある。また水素供給のインフラが整っていないエリアでの実用は難しい。その点、今回の実証で飛行したドローンは市販のカセットガスの利用が可能となっており、現時点では水素を燃料とする燃料電池より汎用性がある。

LPG駆動SOFCシステムの外観(産総研HPより)

 LPG駆動SOFCシステムをドローンに搭載するにあたって、従来のシステムを軽量化する必要があった。産総研とアツミテックは、部材の改良や新技術の採用で、両者が2017年に発表した「コンパクトハイパワー燃料電池システム」と比べて、出力あたりの重量を60%低減することに成功した。

 今回、新たに改良された固体酸化物形燃料電池(SOFC)では、ドローン飛行中の発電が可能であり、それによってより長時間の飛行ができることも実証された。このことで、災害時など電源確保が難しい場合でもドローンが活用できる見通しがついた。また、固体酸化物形燃料電池(SOFC)の用途も小型・軽量化されたことによって、今後はドローン以外の移動体やロボットなどにも広がることが期待される。

 

市販のカセットボンベを2本搭載(画像は産総研提供)

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