ITM Power makes 'great strides' in fuel cell development

ITM Power has released a progress report on the development of its demonstration home refueller electrolyser unit.

The report reveals that the company has met the targets set for December 2007, including the construction and demonstration of a 100W fuel cell stack design and the development of a hydrogen oxygen fuel cell, a 25kW electrolyser stack at production costs of less than $200/kW and a one-step membrane electrode assembly (MEA) production process.

Meanwhile, the company's hydrogen/petrol bi-fuel car has been further improved.

"'Overall in 2007 we have made tremendous strides in the development of fuel cell and electrolyser systems," commented Jim Heathcote, CEO of ITM Power.

"Especially pleasing is the progress in hydrogen oxygen fuel cells where we have combined very low platinum catalyst loadings with high power densities to achieve the $250kW fuel cell stack milestone, while in parallel developing a working 100W demonstration fuel cell based upon the MEA technology announced in July.

According to Mr Heathcote, the progress made is crucial in the light of the company's attempt to move from pure research to the development of commercially viable fuel cell and electrolyser systems.


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