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25 October 2004 - Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd. (CFCL) have predicted that its fuel cell design will be able to generate electricity from ethanol, a totally renewable environmentally friendly fuel.
The announcement was made after a meeting last week of CFCL's specialist technical committee at which they reviewed results from a preliminary feasibility study.
Dr Karl Foger, chief technology officer for CFCL said, "CFCL is confident that its fuel cell technology can now be applied to another fuel, namely ethanol. This means that our design has even more applications, and can achieve even better environmental outcomes delivering similar high levels of energy efficiency and constant energy supply."
Preliminary modelling has shown that the energy efficiency would be similar to a fuel cell using natural gas, up to 50 per cent. This compares favourably with coal fired power stations, which currently achieve around 25 per cent and emit substantial volumes of greenhouse gasses in the process.
CFCL is now looking to advance these preliminary findings with further exploration in practical studies in partnership with investors and relevant industries to develop this renewable power generator.
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