The final results from the EU project FURIM that ended in 2008 has now been made public on EU's CORDIS homepage. To see the information click here.
New employee
2nd of January 2012
DPS has employeed Thorsten Holst, PhD in physics, as senior scientist. Thorsten will focus on the testing and materials characterization of fuel cells.
DPS in the news
27th of December
Electronic Supply has written a vary interesting article about the effort to start serial production of the fuel cell MEA's.
This project is done in collaboration with SP Group, DTU and Serenergy and funded by The Advanced Technology Foundation.
In collaboration with SP Group, DTU and Serenergy, DPS is aiming to build a setup for serial production of the critical fuel cell component - the Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA).
Today Ingeniøren has written a very interesting article about this project funded by The Advanced Technology Foundation (Højteknologifonden).
DPS granted funding from The Advanced Technology Foundation
20th of December
In a joint project with SP Group, Serenergy and DTU - DPS has been granted funding from The Advanced Technology Foundation (Højteknologifonden).
The project aim is to establish serial production of the critical fuel cell component - Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) - on an industriual scale.
Production in a larger scale will give improved MEA quality and expected cost reductions of 90%. This effort will enhance the commercialization of the technology that is anticipated in a larger scale in 2015.
This funding from The Advanced Technology Foundation may be an important step towards the creation of a promision new cleantech industry in Denmark.
To read the full press release in Danish click here.
DPS invited to entrepreneur of the year competition
19th of December
Ernst & Young invited DPS to participate in the this years Danish entrepreneur of the year competition - in the cleantech category.
The event took place in Bella Centret in Copenhagen the 24th of November.
The aim with the ORACLE project is to demonstrate and verify the advanteges of fuel cells in relation to outdoor utility vehicles used for cleaning and maintenance. The aim is to achieve higher energy efficiency and environmental benefits relative to conventional diesel driven solutions.
The participant also include Serenergy, Aalborg University and Nilfisk Egholm.
The official material from EUDP can be found here.
DPS in the news
16th of December
DPS is aiming to achieve up to 90% reductions in the production cost of fuel cell MEA's.
This will prepare DPS for the commercialisation of the technolog in larger scale that is expected in 2015.
FIB - Biopress have written a very interesting article about this, DPS' and our collaboration partners DTU and SP Group.
Next Energy to visit DPS and DTU the 8th of December
2nd of December
Peter Wagner and Anja Diedrichs from Next Energy in Oldenburg, Germany will visit DPS Wed. 8. December and give a lecture with the title ‘NEXT ENERGY and present investigations on HT-PEM Membrane-Electrode-Assemblies’. The presentation will take place at the Technical University of Denmark, Bldg. 207, room 056 at 14.00. Everybody is welcome.
DPS in the news
2nd of December:
Jern- Maskinindustrien has written an interesting article about DPS in their latest edition Uge 48 November 2011 (Danish):
DPS is exhibiting at the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen – Joint Undertaking (FCH-JU) on November 22nd through 23rd in Bruxelles.
The FCH-JU is EU’s joint technology initiative for hydrogen and fuel cells under the 7th Frame Work Programme.
The exhibition will be held in connection with the General Assembly of the FCH-JU and takes place in the Charlemagne Building in Bruxelles.
DPS attending EGG'11
21st. of November
DPS was exhibiting and giving a lecture at the EGG’11 - Entrepreneurship Goes Green - at DTU on Nov. 19th.
A large audience of entrepreneurial students from DTU, CBS, KU and ITU was attending the event.
DPS is looking to attract the most skilled science and engineering students interested in working with fuel cells and green energy. The response from the audience was overwhelming.
Danish Power Systems (DPS) is making a joint effort with Risø DTU and SP Group to develop production technology for fuel cells. That DPS has come this far is related to the valuable funding that has been recieved from Energinet.dk and The Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen) through their EUDP program.
Risø DTU is also funded from the EUDP program for the development of solar celles based on polymers. The collaboration between these two different EUDP projects - fuel cells and solar cells - means additional and unforeseen value of the EUDP funding spent within these two areas. Risø DTU will achieve additional utilization of the equipment and DPS will gain quick access to improved production technology.
However, the most interesting aspect is, that DPS will take another step towards lower cost and improved production quality. This helps to mature the technology and facilitates commercialisation, which is expected happen in larger scale already from 2015.
The HTPEM fuel cells DPS is producing will help to reduce dependency of fossil fuels for economic, national and strategic benefit, facilitate increased national industrial competitiveness and deliver clear environmental benefits.
To read the full press release in danish click here.
AkselG Communication
5th of September:
Danish Power Systems are using AkselG Communications for press releases, brochures and more. This has resulted in articles in a number of Danish publications. For more information (in Danish).Click here
Visit from Dr. Andrew Potter, ACAL Energy Ltd.
5th of September:
Dr. Andrew Potter from ACAL Energy Ltd. (UK) will visit Danish Power Systems on the 3rd of October 2011.
ACAL Energy has developed a fuel cell power module for a range of applications including: Stationary, residential and automotive applications. All requiring more than 1 kW of power.
Dr. Andrew Potter will give a presetation about ACAL’s technology. For more information please contact Hans Aage Hjuler by email at hah@daposy.com.
China Conference
5th of September:
Hans Aage Hjuler, managing director of Danish Power Systems, is invited speaker and co-chair of the conference Annual Low Carbon Earth Summit (LCES-2011) with the theme “ Leading the Green Economy, Returning to Harmony with Nature.” It will be held in Dalian, China at the World Exposition Center. The conference takes place the 19th to the 26th of October 2011.
DanishPowerSystemsisoneofthe leadingmanufacturersofHTPEMfuel cellsand movingtowardsarealmass production. You can read more about this in the press release (Danish).
Annual report 2010 from The Department of Chemistry, DTU
May 2011:
Annual report from The Department of Chemistry at the Technical University of Denmark has been published.
A chapter informs about the development of polymer based high temperature fuel cells, see the Annual report here.
Danish Power Systems' role in the development and collaboration between the university, DPS, IRD and Serenergy is described.
Conference + exhibiton "Hydrogen+FuelCells2011"
May 2011:
Thomas Steenberg and Carina Terkelsen from DPS participates in the international conference + exhibition "Hydrogen + Fuel Cells 2011".
The conference takes place 15-18th of May 2011 in Vancouver, Canada.
DPS participates in the visit of the Korean president
May 2011:
Hans Aage Hjuler and Thomas Steenberg from DPS participated in the visit of the Korean president Lee Myung-bak on Thursday the 12th of May 2011.
The president signed the Green Growth Alliance, an agreement between Denmark and Korea.
Det er med stor fornøjelse, at Partnerskabet for brint og brændselsceller i samarbejde med Det Strategiske Forskningsråd, hermed kan invitere til konferencen ’Brændselsceller – Værdikæden fra forskning til marked’.
I Danmark er der inden for energiområdet flere forskellige offentlige støtteprogrammer til fordel for energiteknologisk udvikling. Disse har hver for sig de seneste år fået mere og mere såvel specifikke som særskilte fokusområder inden for værdikæden fra forskning til marked. En sådan udvikling fordrer samtidigt i stigende grad koordinering og samordning af ordningerne for at sikre sammenhæng i værdikæden.
Konferencen sætter på baggrund af den teknologiske udvikling inden for brint og brændselsceller fokus på udfordringen hermed. Dette sker ved først at præsentere status samt fremtidsperspektiver for de enkelte teknologier. Herefter behandles branchens nationale strategier og deres udformning samt betydning. Eftermiddagen byder på en diskussion om fremtiden for brint og brændselsceller samt hvordan markedet nås.
Konferencen finder sted tirsdag den 7. juni 2011 kl. 9 – 17 i Tivoli Hotel and Congress Center.
Blandt dagens talere er først Videnskabsminister Charlotte Sahl-Madsen. Efter ministeren følger en spændende række af indlæg fra både industrien, forskningsverdenen samt myndigheder.
Ph.D. Hans Aage Hjuler replaces Karen Kümmel as CEO. Karen Kümmel will continue as Chairman of the board.
Ph.D. Thomas Steenberg as been appointed as CTO.
New innovation consortium
A new innovation consortium on HTPEM has been established (May-2010). The activities are related to development of new materials, catalysts and fuels related to HTPEM. The partners in the consortium are SP-Group, Danish Tecknological Inst., Dept. of chemistry (DTU), Serenergy, Ammon Gas and Danish Power Systems (DPS). CEO Hans Aage Hjuler from DPS is chairman of the consortium.
The consortium is funded by The Danish Research Council .
New grant to DPS
Danish Power Systems has received funding from the Danish Ministry of Energy (EUDP) to further development of fuel cells in the COBRA project (COmmercial BReakthrough of Advanced fuel cells). The project is a collaboration between DPS, Serenergy, Aalborg University and the Technical University of Denmark.
Danish HTPEM seminar
The Danish HTPEM seminar held June-2010 was a big success. The seminar was organised by HotMEA/EnerginetDK, the Danish Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel cells and Danish Power Systems. The topics and participants covered both technical (from fundamental research to complete HTPEM systems) and financial aspects (funding, commercialisation and venture capital).
