FuelCell Energy Inc (FCEL)

[krays]

I’m not so sure Max,
when you have some time to kill, review these stories and tell me if you believe there are dots to connect here.

giligan showed up, made a couple posts about something going on “down under”. Got me looking a little deeper.


The sciencemag article references a pilot project in late stage discussions. TM shows up to fuel a Mari with H2 carried in NH3.

More questions than answers at this point.

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One additional project involves an electrochemical device that will be able to work on a “reversible” basis, both synthesizing ammonia from nitrogen and water, and using stored ammonia to generate electricity. The project, “Protonic Ceramics for Energy Storage and Electricity Generation with Ammonia”, proposed by FuelCell Energy of Danbury, CT, drew the second largest award at $3.1 million. The heart of the technology is an electrode that incorporates ruthenium catalyst. As notable as the device’s reversible nature is, an additional goal is just as striking: an increase in ammonia production rates by two orders of magnitude vs. “current electrochemical methods”. FuelCell Energy is one of the United States’ oldest companies in the fuel cell space. It was founded in 1969 and installed its first “commercial power plant”, consisting of a 250 kW fuel cell stack, in 2003. Earlier this year, the company completed installation of a 5.6 MW plant. In October the company announced that it would enter into a $3.0 million cost-share contract with the U.S. Department of Energy for a technology that “affordably and efficiently converts power during periods of low demand into hydrogen, an energy carrier, through high efficiency electrolysis using solid oxide electrolysis cells.”

http://www.ammoniaenergy.org/refuel-ammonia-use-side-funding-awards/

https://arpa-e.energy.gov/sites/default/files/11_FCE-CSM%20REFUEL%20Kick-off%208-13-17.pdf

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/ammonia-renewable-fuel-made-sun-air-and-water-could-power-globe-without-carbon

http://www.manmonthly.com.au/news/csiro-tech-accelerates-hydrogen-vehicle-future/