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Plug soars on a deal in the U.K., and other fuel cell stocks come along for the ride.

What happened

Shares of alternative energy providers -- fuel cell stocks including Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG), FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL), and Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) -- exploded higher to start out the week on Monday. As of 11:45 a.m. EDT, Plug stock is up 14.7%, its much smaller rival FuelCell is up 11.4%, and Bloom Energy has gained 6.7%.

All three stocks may have Plug to thank for their success today.

So what

On an otherwise slow news day for fuel cell stocks, Plug Power shook up the market with an announcement that U.K.-based supermarket chain Asda will be buying a "turnkey solution" for its warehouse forklift fleet, including "fuel cells, hydrogen fueling equipment, hydrogen and service" from Plug. The company notes that Asda is a new customer for Plug, and that this deal "represents the first deployment at scale of hydrogen fuel cell technology for material handling within the United Kingdom."

Investors appear to be hoping that "first" implies "first of many," and that if the popularity of hydrogen fuel cell technology takes off in the U.K., this may work to the benefit of Plug's competitors -- FuelCell and Bloom -- as well. Reinforcing that belief, Asda reminded that its parent company Walmart "has chosen to build the largest fleet of hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric vehicles in the world" -- the implication being that where Walmart leads, others may follow.

 

Now what

Asda is the U.K.'s third-largest supermarket chain, so today's announcement is kind of a big deal for Plug. That said, the company did not state quite how big of a deal it is, in terms of either revenue or profitability.

We'll get our next glance at those kinds of numbers when Plug reports its second-quarter 2020 financial results, due out before the market opens on Thursday, Aug. 6.

For the record, analysts currently forecast that Plug will report a $0.10 per share loss (25% worse than last year) on sales of $59.5 million -- up 4% year over year.

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https://fuelcellsworks.com/news/u-of-t-hydrogen-should-be-the-next-big-energy-business-for-texas/

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https://fuelcellsworks.com/news/researchers-develop-low-cost-and-high-performance-electrocatalyst-for-hydrogen-production/

 

Researchers Develop Low-Cost and High-Performance Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Production - FuelCellsWorks

Considering hydrogen as a clean energy for future, scientists have been striving to develop novel processes to produce hydrogen efficiently and cost-effectively. A team comprised of scientists who specialized in...

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Electrochemical water splitting offers an attractive approach for hydrogen production. However, the lack of high‐performance cost‐effective electrocatalyst severely hinders its applications. Here, a multinary high‐entropy intermetallic (HEI) that possesses an unusual periodically ordered structure containing multiple non‐noble elements is reported, which can serve as a highly efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. This HEI exhibits excellent activities in alkalinity with an overpotential of 88.2 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm−2 and a Tafel slope of 40.1 mV dec−1, which are comparable to those of noble catalysts. Theoretical calculations reveal that the chemical complexity and surprising atomic configurations provide a strong synergistic function to alter the electronic structure. Furthermore, the unique L12‐type ordered structure enables a specific site‐isolation effect to further stabilize the H2O/H* adsorption/desorption, which dramatically optimizes the energy barrier of hydrogen evolution. Such an HEI strategy uncovers a new paradigm to develop novel electrocatalyst with superior reaction activities.

 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.202000385

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燃料電池車(FCV)に燃料の水素を補充する「商用水素ステーション」が来春、福井市内にオープンする。福井県内では初めてで、北陸3県では富山市に次いで2カ所目となる。

 岩谷産業(大阪市)と日本水素ステーションネットワーク合同会社(東京)による共同事業で整備費は約3億6千万円。国が約1億8千万円、県が約3600万円補助する。整備予定地は福井市灯明寺4丁目。

 県によると、車に接続しての補充時間は1回約3分。ただ補充前に水素を圧縮する時間が必要なため、1時間当たりで補充可能なのは3台程度という。

 商用水素ステーションは31都道府県に計131カ所ある。県内では昨年12月、太陽光発電による水素製造装置を組み合わせたシステムの実用化に向け、実証実験用の水素ステーションが敦賀市に開所している。供給能力は2日間で1台分。

 FCVは走行中の二酸化炭素(CO2)排出がゼロ、1度のフル充てんでガソリン車と同等の約650キロ走る。トヨタとホンダが販売しており、価格は1台700万円台。国の購入補助が最大約200万円ある。現在は約3500台だが、国は2030年に80万台の普及を目指している。

 誘致を進めた杉本達治知事は22日の定例会見で「県の長期ビジョンに掲げた『50年のCO2排出実質ゼロ』に貢献するもので、今後はFCVの普及に努めたい」とした。

https://https://www.fukuishimbun.co.jp/articles/-/1131490

 

福井に来春、商用水素ステーション  県内初、3分で燃料電池車補充 | 経済 | 福井のニュース

燃料電池車(FCV)に燃料の水素を補充する「商用水素ステーション」が来春、福井市内にオープンする。福井県内では初めてで、北陸3県では富山市に次いで2カ所目となる。 岩谷産�

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