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Fuel Cell Research and Development Activity in Ohio
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has recommended $6.38 million in funding for fuel cell projects through the Ohio Third Frontier Fuel Cell Program. This programme supports research and development that addresses the technical and cost barriers to fuel cell components and systems commercialisation in Ohio. The awards are contingent upon State approval.
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- The Fiscal Year 2010 Ohio Third Frontier Fuel Cell Program Awards recommended are:Energy Technologies, in collaboration with Energy Conversion Devices, was awarded $1 million for its Testing Metal Hydride Fuel Cells project. The objective of this project is to develop and verify testing process and verification tools necessary to demonstrate the manufacturing repeatability of metal hydride fuel cell systems and their key subcomponents.
- Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems (US), in collaboration with Case Western Reserve University, was awarded $999,770 for its Reliability of Fuel Cells for Megawatt Scale SOFC Power Systems project. This project will determine the long-term reliability of the Rolls-Royce solid oxide fuel cell. A method to predict performance will be developed so that qualification of the solid oxide fuel cell can be accelerated, and thereby reduce the time for entry into commercial stationary power markets.
- NexTech Materials, in collaboration with The Ohio State University and Hocking Technical College, was awarded $1.49 million for its Improving Manufacturing Readiness of NexTech’s Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stack Technology project. In this project, a key piece of fuel cell manufacturing equipment will be installed at Hocking College’s Energy Institute providing a facility at Hocking College that will support NexTech and other Ohio companies in a range of energy generation and storage applications. NexTech will also design and manufacture mechanically robust and efficient stacks for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. The program is predicted to attract follow-on investment of over $50 million, and to create 156 high-paying jobs by 2016.
- Wellman Products Group, a Division of Hawk Corporation, in collaboration with UTC Power, was awarded $893,252 for its Phosphoric Fuel Cell Stack Cost Reduction project. The goal of this project is to lower the material costs of the integrated separator plates (ISPs) that will be incorporated into UTC Power’s new PureCell 400 System, power plants by employing lower cost raw materials and processing methods.
- Lockheed Martin MS2 Integrated Defense Technologies, in collaboration with Technology Management, Inc., was awarded $1 million for its Military Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Ruggedization project. This project will accelerate time to market for solid oxide fuel cell based generator sets (gensets) and auxiliary power units (APUs) to the U.S. Department of Defense, which is an early adopter with a pressing need for the basic value proposition.. The project is predicted to result in jobs at Lockheed Martin in Akron, Ohio, as well as at Technology Management and other partners in the Ohio fuel cell supply chain within the next five years.
- UltraCell Corporation, in collaboration with the University of Dayton Research Institute and Mound Technical Solutions, was awarded $1 million for its Transitioning the UltraCell XX55 55-Watt Fuel Cell from Beta Design to Commercial Product Through Manufacturing project. This project will focus on implementing efforts to transition manufacturing of the XX55 from UltraCell’s research and development facility in California to its manufacturing plant in Ohio.
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Source: http://development.ohio.gov/newsroom/releases/press.htm?id=4247
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