Fully funded BlueGen installations for UK social landlords Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited Agreement signed with Energy Services Company iPower

RNS Number : 5643W

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited

29 January 2013

Tuesday 29 January 2013

Agreement signed with Energy Services Company iPower

Fully funded BlueGen installations for UK social landlords

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (AIM / ASX: CFU) a leading developer of generators which use fuel cell technology to convert natural gas into electricity and heat for homes and other buildings, is pleased to announce the signing of a distribution agreement with Energy Services Company (ESCo) iPower Energy Limited (iPower).

CFCL has granted iPower a limited exclusivity on the basis of minimum deliveries of 200 BlueGen units during 2013 and a further 200 BlueGen units during 2014. The exclusivity is limited to the use of BlueGen to provide ESCo services within the social housing sector in the UK.

Tackling fuel poverty

Social enterprise iPower is a UK developer of low carbon projects working with a range of technologies to reduce both energy bills and carbon emissions. iPower is able to offer guaranteed discounts on electricity tariffs to social housing tenants where BlueGen is installed. Installations are offered on a turnkey basis and can be fully funded by iPower who will also supply power and heat to tenants in place of existing suppliers. iPower's aim is to makeclean energy affordable to all and return maximum benefits to property owners and tenants. A majority of its profits are used to help combat fuel poverty and climate change.

Social housing

Following on from recent announcements about installations with housing associations supported by National GridAffordable Warmth Solutions, the agreement with iPower reflects an increased emphasis for CFCL on the deployment of BlueGen in the social housing market, a sector where the cost savings associated with BlueGen's high electrical efficiency can have most effect, particularly in apartment blocks where the electrical output from one BlueGen can be shared between up to four apartments.

CFCL looks forward to continuing to work closely with iPower. iPower will use installation, sales and service partners approved by CFCL in the deployment of BlueGen systems across the UK:

   --      Be Green Systems for London and the South East; 
   --      Ace Energy for the South Coast and South West; 
   --      Green Buy Energy for Yorkshire and the North Midlands; 
   --      Richard Irvin for Scotland; and 
   --      World Heat and Power for the North West and North Wales. 

Bob Kennett, CEO of CFCL commented, "We are delighted to have concluded this initial agreement with iPower and we look forward to developing some key opportunities together in the future".

Jon Cape, CEO of iPower added, "iPower is excited about this opportunity to work with CFCL. The use of BlueGen in social housing offers real scope to bring down fuel bills for the least well off in society. We are already at the detailed design stage with the first large project under this agreement and are attracting Expressions of Interest from a number of Councils and housing associations across the UK".

BlueGen units use ceramic fuel cells to turn natural gas into electricity - as well as heat for hot water - for homes, schools, offices and small commercial buildings. Each BlueGen unit can save up to four tonnes of carbon per year in low carbon homes in the UK when running of natural gas and around twice this amount when using directed biogas purchased over the mains gas grid. The peak electrical efficiency of BlueGen is up to 60 percent, far higher than any other small scale generating technology in the world. With the added benefit of heat, total efficiency is up to 85 percent.

If you are interested in the Bluegen email us on: info@orionair.co.uk or visit: www.orionair.co.uk for more info

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Server room air conditioning will run 24 hours a day seven days a week to cool the ambient air. This means that on certain days of the year the outside temperature is colder than the server room. I.e if a server room has a required temperature of 19DegC and the outside air temperature is -2DegC. This can throw us issues with the system if this is not planned into the initial installation. A common problem is that condensate water which is collected from the server room can freeze up in the condensate pipe in gravity drain systems. The condensate pipe of choice for drain line is 22mm overflow pipe or braided 10mm/12mm which has no insulation properties and when exposed to freezing weather conditions with already chilled water coming off a indoor evaporator coil can freeze in long runs of the braided hose. This causes the indoor unit to leak as the pipe gets more restricted and as the ice builds up in the pipe. I have seen insulation around condensate pipe to inhibit the effects of the cold weather.     Cold weather plays havoc with server room air conditioning   Drain lines get blocked in server room air conditioning systems   Key points to think about when getting air conditioning for server rooms Use inverter air conditioning as it will save energy in the long run. Cheap air conditioning units do not work in cold weather because they do not have a outside fan speed controller (low ambient kit) Use a established brand so if a part fails on you Server room air conditioning you are not waiting 8 weeks for a part. Sometimes it is worth having two server room air conditioning units because if one fails you still have some cooling. To establish the heat load of you servers add up all the power supplies of your servers rack and assume a 40% loss to heat. i.e- If you have 10 servers with 400watt power supply the total watts will be 4000 watts. assuming a 40% loss the heat load will be 1600 watts. Work on a average watts per/Msq of 125watts, so if you server room is 5 x 5 meters you will require a base of 3.5kw/12000btu + the heat load. Advised manufactures for server room air conditioning Mitsubishi, Daikin, Fujitsu, Sanyo. Always use auto-restart units for server room air conditioning units as power failures can shut budget air conditioning down. If your server room is temporary (ie short term lease on building) or has building restrictions then portable air conditioning maybe your only option. If using portable air conditioning for your server room then make sure it recycles the water for better cooling performance of that it has a integral condensate pump. Use a established business who will not be going out of business for your server room air conditioning installation as the warranty of the air conditioning is with the supplier not the manufacturer. We offer a complete service to IT Managers, Building Managers and Server Room / Computer / COMS room managers. Call us for a comprehensive quotation on varied air conditioning manufactures to suit any budget on new installations. We have worked with many Blue-chip organisations in helping them develop their server room air conditioning.   Call:             +44(0)845 567 7080        for details on server room air conditioning quotations.

E-mail: info@orionair.co.uk

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Resignation of director: Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited announces that Mr Brendan Dow has resigned as a director

RNS Number : 5947U
Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited


02 January 2013
Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Resignation of director: Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited announces that Mr Brendan Dow has resigned as a director with effect from 31 December 2012. The Board would like to thank him for his contribution and commitment to the company over the last 7 years and wish him well for the future.

 
For more information please contact: 
  Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited 
    Glenn Raines  Tel.    : +61 (3) 9554 2300 
                   Email   : investor@cfcl.com.au 
  Nomura Code Securities (AIM Nomad) 
    Chris Golden  Tel.    : +44 (0) 207 776 
                           1200 
 
 

Resignation of director: Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited announces that Mr John Dempsey has resigned as a director

RNS Number : 5946U
Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited


 02 January 2013
Wednesday, 2 January 2013
Resignation of director: Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited announces that Mr John Dempsey has resigned as a director with effect from 31 December 2012. The Board thanks Mr Dempsey for his more than ten years of extremely valuable service to the company and wishes him well for the future.

 
For more information please contact: 
  Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited 
    Glenn Raines  Tel.    : +61 (3) 9554 2300 
                   Email   : investor@cfcl.com.au 
  Nomura Code Securities (AIM Nomad) 
    Chris Golden  Tel.    : +44 (0) 207 776 
                           1200 
 
 

About Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited:
Ceramic Fuel Cells is a world leader in developing fuel cell technology to generate highly efficient and low-emission electricity from widely available natural gas. Ceramic Fuel Cells has sold its BlueGen gas-to-electricity generator to major utilities and other foundation customers in Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Australia, and the USA. Ceramic Fuel Cells is also developing fully integrated power and heating products with leading energy companies E.ON UK in the United Kingdom, GdF Suez in France and EWE in Germany.
The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM market and the Australian Securities Exchange (code CFU).