Re: Are these prototypes using Ceres technol... Could well be, Ceres's website says: "We are working with Nissan to develop a compact, on-board SteelCell® stack, which will extend the range of electric vehicles and allow a shorter refuelling time. This could accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles, and so increase progress towards global low-carbon energy targets".
Are these prototypes using Ceres technology? [link] indication in the video - any thoughts?
Partnership A positive RNS issued this morning. Of course it would be stronger if it had said who the partnership was with; but given it's in the same breath as Honda, Nissan & Cummins, I think we can assume it is a significant partner.
Re: A sobering article That was written in 2015. Times change. The hydrogen age is dawning. Have a look at the environmental impact of Li battery technology.The first batch of mass-produced hydrogen-powered buses have been launched in the Chinese city of Wuhan.Co-developed by Wuhan Skywell New Energy Automotive Company and the Wuhan Tiger Fuel Cell Vehicle Company, the vehicles have a range of more than 450 kilometres, consuming only 5.2 kilograms of the gas every 100 kilometres.The 8.5-meter bus can carry 56 passengers and refuels in less than five minutes.The two companies behind its introduction signed a strategic cooperation agreement to manufacture and sell 3,000 of the hydrogen-powered vehicles, which have been named £Skywell Tigers£, over the next two years.They say the buses will eventually be introduced in Shanghai, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Chengdu, with both parties aiming to improve the development of clean transport and hydrogen fuel cell technology across the country.
Re: A sobering article WB, I first got interested in fuel cells about 10 years ago; and spent more time researching the sector than I have ever done before or since. There were so many companies set up to develop fuel cells - mainly University research spin offs - all over the developed world. Most had some kind of backing from large energy companies (power generation, oil & gas, motor car manufacturers, air engine manufacturers, pc & mobile phone companies etc.) and were specialising in different potential applications - domestic, industrial, traction micro units etc. It seemed there was no way of picking the winners at that stage, and it did seem quite a long way off; so when there's a gold rush, don't back the miners, back the pick & shovel suppliers. Every fuel cell has a filter & a catalyst. Porvair seemed to have a monopoly of filters & Johnson Matthey on catalysts; so I invested in Porvair and have done very well (with no thanks to Fuel Cells at all.) When so many companies were working on similar things there were bound to be casualties (like CFC) and the leaders begin to emerge more clearly. We may still be some way off fuel cell companies being profitable, but from what I read the technology is a lot closer to being commercially exploitable now, and the remaining fuel cell companies are actually beginning to generate some real income. It's going to be a very interesting sector over the next 2 years.
Re: A sobering article My last post should have included:With the experience of CFC (detailed in this article) can Ceres ever hope to compete in the domestic market?Just started following this stock, and have done a bit of reading around, but intrigued as to the viability of a Ceres domestic fuel cell unit, in terms of cost etc.
A sobering article [link]
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Re: AMAZING UPSIDE! Regarding fuel cells for vehicles, this appears to be mentioned in the RNS from 15 Dec 2017."Ceres continues to meet the milestones provided for the Range Extender programme announced in June 2016 which has resulted in securing follow on agreements with Nissan".Range extenders are used on battery EVs to recharge the batteries when exhausted.They are usually small petrol driven engines driving a generator but in this case it would seem to be a Ceres fuel cell.
Re: AMAZING UPSIDE! What confuses me about yesterday's RNS is the attitude to electric vehicles. paraphrasing it, it says - we have the technology to turn has into electricity to power a home - oh and it can recharge electric vehicles. If the technology exists to turn gas into electricity for the home surely it can do it for vehicles too. If vehicles have fuel cells to drive them, there is no need to recharge them at home; and it overcomes what I see as the biggest downside for electric vehicles - refuelling practicalities. When an electric vehicle (as we currently think of them) is getting low on charge it has to be plugged into to recharge or have its battery changed. These are time-consuming and impractical operations. If they have a fuel cell fitted, when getting low on juice they just fill up their fuel tanks as now. (And if they are hydrogen powered filling up reduces the weight.) I need to get myself back up to speed on the players in fuel cells.
AMAZING UPSIDE! Yesterdays bullish RNS compounded with future contracts bodes well for the SP over the coming weeks!!
Ceres Power on Fully Charged. Nice You Tube video.[link]
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Proactive Investors interview Posted today[link] been following this company for getting on for 10 years, and never invested, but I'm getting more interested now. It's starting to look as if it's going somewhere.
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