
The Group Exhibit Hydrogen + Fuel Cells at the Hannover Messe in Germany is Europe’s largest fuel cell exhibition, and is an excellent opportunity to see progress towards full commercialisation of the technology.
This free, full-length report covers key themes at this year's show, the eighteenth in the series, picking out examples to highlight the following:
Domestic CHP and Distributed Generation
- Looking to Japan: the Ene-Farm Programme
- Callux and the German Fuel Cell Initiative
- Fuel Cell CHP for Larger Buildings
Centralised Renewable Generation
- Hydrogen and Power-to-Gas
- Electrolysers as Enabling Technology
Implementing Electrolysers
- Exploiting the Industrial Market
- Integrating Fuel Cells with Electrolysers
Fuel Distribution: Barriers and Solutions
- Methanol: a Convenient Liquid Fuel
- LPG: a Readily Available Fuel
Fuel Cell Commercialisation
- Fuel Cell Buses: Coming Soon
- Mass Production for Cost Reduction
- Establishing the Supply Chain
Concluding Remarks