Monday, 13 March, 2017 - 14:00 to 17:00
Pathways in the UK to a Low Carbon Future
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Opportunity to learn more about micro-cogeneration with fuel cells (FC mCHP), first-hand from suppliers. The aim of this workshop is to inform participants of the ene.field project findings and of the potential of FC mCHP technologies for the energy transition in the United Kingdom.
The ene.field workshop will be held as part UK Hydrogen Week and will be held the day before the main ‘Hydrogen and Fuel Cells into the Mainstream’ Conference. Ideas and inputs will be collected from the audience (local policy-makers, academics, industries, DSO, ESCOs, utilities, operators and end-users), with a view to address the challenges for a deployment of fuel cell micro-CHP technologies in the UK.
FC mCHP solutions are ready to enter people’s homes, enabling consumers to efficiently produce their own heat and power, and thus reducing their energy bills and environmental footprint. In order to realise the potential of FC mCHP, there is a need for a clear vision on policy and market development at both EU and national levels. This will ensure that innovative European manufacturers can bring product costs down, and reach mass commercialisation by scaling up production.
A number of European manufacturers have now reached the point where the technical challenges of residential FC mCHP are resolved in small field trials and there is already some progress on scaling up towards mass manufacture with large deployment projects, such as Callux (Germany) and ene.field (EU).
The latter, co-funded by the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), has embarked on an ambitious programme to install and monitor hundreds of FC mCHP units under different climate conditions throughout Europe. The industry is committed to deliver the FC mCHP products to consumers, while cutting down costs and aiming for even higher electrical and total efficiency for their technologies. For the successful FC mCHP market entry, however, industry efforts need to be complemented by high level political commitment. Addressing administrative and other non-economic barriers is key to encourage the adoption of such innovative technologies
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