Future Energy

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Future Energy

• Are Fuel Cells the Answer?
• A Presentation by Michael J Evans
• Innovator Entrepreneur
• Entrepreneurship for a Zero Carbon Society
• 24th September 2008

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Me

• Product Designer and Engineering Project Manager
• Fuel Cell Innovators and Entrepreneur
• CMR Fuel Cells plc
• What next?

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Agenda

• What is a Fuel Cell?
• Fuel Cell Applications
• Pros and Cons
• Practical Applications
• Fuel Cells in the context of Global Warming
• What technologies to back
• The role of the entrepreneur
• My new mission

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What is a Fuel Cell?
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What is a Compact Mixed Reactant Fuel Cell?
Compact Mixed Reactant Fuel Cell (CMR)
Conventional Fuel Cell
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Fuel Cell Applications

• Transport
• Automotive
• Aerospace
• Portable
• Combined Heat and Power/Stationary

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Fuel Cells Pros Cons

• Pros
• Power density
• High efficiency
• Reliability
• Low noise emissions
• Low maintenance
• Cons
• Very high materials component costs
• Durability

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Practical Applications

• Transport
• Automotive X
• Too expensive
• Not reliable or durable enough and problems with
  cold start-up
• Hydrogen storage, supply infrastructure and
  health safety
• Aerospace ?
• Strong need for high power density and low weight
• Support high cost
• Regular maintenance centralised fuel supply
  system
• Portable ?
• Answers strong demand for long runtimes
• A market that can support high cost
• Shorter lifetime requirement lt 5000 hours
• Combined Heat and Power/Stationary X
• Too expensive for domestic applications
• Not durable enough, requires gt 50 000 hours

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Climate Change A Global Emergency

• We need renewable energy and energy efficiency
  solutions NOW
• Practical approach
• What works or has a high likelihood of working
  today
• Rapid development and roll it out
• Are fuel cells the hydrogen economy the
  solution or part of the solution?
• Maybe but unlikely!
• Where does the Hydrogen come from?
• Low energy density of H2
• Well to wheels efficiency?

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What Technologies to back?

• Wind
• Hydro
• Marine
• Wave
• Tidal stream
• Solar
• Solar thermal
• Photovoltaics
• Biomass/energy from waste
• Nuclear ?
• Carbon Capture and Storage (clean coal?)

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The Role of the Entrepreneur

• Spot opportunities in change
• Take positive action
• The Fire-starter
• Drive persistence
• Enthusiasm
• Passion

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My Mission

• Tidal Stream
• UK well placed
• Potential for delivering up to 20 of UKs
  electricity needs
• 4 tide movements per day, regular as clockwork
  can supply base load!
• Large UK skill base in Marine Engineering