Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited
28 March 2011
Ceramic Fuel Cells a finalist in 2010-11 Dupont Australia & New Zealand Innovation Awards.
Thursday 24 March 2011
Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited, [AIM/ASX:CFU] a leading developer of high efficiency and low emission electricity generation units for homes and other buildings, today announced it has been selected as a finalist in the 2010-11 DuPont Australia & New Zealand Innovation Awards.
First held in 2003-04, the DuPont Australia & New Zealand Innovation Awards recognise the commercialisation of outstanding science and technology.
Ceramic Fuel Cells' gas-to-electricity technology has been selected as a finalist in the 'Design for a Sustainable Future' category of the DuPont awards - the first time this category has been included in the awards. The category attracted entries from throughout Australia and New Zealand and Ceramic Fuel Cells has been selected as one of three finalists.
The 'Design for a Sustainable Future' category is a broad-ranging category for innovations adopted for commercial use between 1 January 2008 and 31 March 2010 in Australia and/or New Zealand.
Entries will be judged on degree of innovation, scope of application (current and potential), commercial significance and benefit (current and potential), degree of collaboration, and environmental sustainability.
Ceramic Fuel Cells' BlueGen gas-to-electricity units connect to a building's existing natural gas pipeline and mains water. BlueGen units operate constantly, generating 1.5 kilowatts of electricity plus heat for hot water, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, regardless of weather.
Over the course of a year each BlueGen unit can produce about 13,000 kilowatt hours of electricity - more than twice the power needed for an average Australian home. The heat by-product is enough to produce 200 litres of hot water each day. BlueGen has a peak electrical efficiency of 60%, and a total efficiency, including the heat, of 85%. The BlueGen unit has the highest electrical efficiency of any small-scale power generation system in the world.
The winners of the DuPont awards will be announced on Friday 13 May at Melbourne's Grand Hyatt Hotel.
For further information please contact:
Ceramic Fuel Cells
Andrew Neilson
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