CFU to sell 200 heat and power units

Ceramic Fuel Cells to sell up to 200 power and heating units to German energy company EWE

3 December 2010

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited, (AIM/ASX:CFU) a leading developer of high efficiency and low emission electricity generation units for homes and other buildings, has received a conditional order for up to 200 integrated power and heat generators from German energy service provider EWE.

Ceramic Fuel Cells will generate revenue of up to 4.9 million Euros from the order over two years.

The integrated units use Ceramic Fuel Cells' patented technology to convert natural gas into electricity and heat, with the world's highest level of electrical efficiency. EWE will install the units in homes in the Lower Saxony region in northern Germany, and the units will provide the homes with low emission electricity, hot water and heating.

The order is conditional on EWE receiving partial funding under the German government's national hydrogen and fuel cell technology innovation program. This Government program is providing 700 million Euros between 2008 and 2018. EWE has submitted a formal funding application and a decision is expected in early 2011.

Subject to EWE obtaining Government funding and to the units meeting agreed performance targets, EWE will order 70 units for delivery in 2011 and 130 units for delivery in 2012. The performance targets, unit prices and the rates for ongoing service and support have been agreed in a contract signed by EWE and Ceramic Fuel Cells.

"This is a significant follow-on order from EWE, and it will see us selling many more of the integrated products we have developed with EWE and our local partner Bruns," said Ceramic Fuel Cells' Managing Director Brendan Dow. "We are confident that the German government will support the project and we look forward to continuing to deploy products with EWE, our longest-standing customer and partner. We are also encouraged by the very strong interest in our low emission products in Germany."

Ceramic Fuel Cells will supply the core Gennex fuel cell module and related components. Ceramic Fuel Cells and its local manufacturing partner, Gebrüder Bruns Heiztechnik GmbH, will integrate the fuel cell module with a boiler into an integrated power and heating product for supply to EWE.

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About Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited:

Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited is a world leader in developing fuel cell technology to provide highly efficient and low-emission electricity from widely available natural gas. Ceramic Fuel Cells is developing fully integrated power and heating products with leading energy companies E.ON UK in the United Kingdom, GdF Suez in France and EWE in Germany. The company has also sold 55 BlueGen gas-to-electricity generators to major utilities and other foundation customers in Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Japan, Australia and the USA.

Ceramic Fuel Cells is listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM market and the Australian Securities Exchange (code CFU).

www.cfcl.com.au 

About EWE:

EWE, based in Oldenburg, is one of the largest utilities in Germay. The business activities of the EWE group include electricity, gas, water supply, energy and environment technologies, gas transport and trade, and telecommunications and IT - providing conventional and innovative services from one source. EWE is a pioneer in the field of renewable energies and energy efficiency. Through its e³ programme EWE conducts projects for the energy supply of the future, including fuel cell power and heating appliances in one- or multi-family houses, electric cars and sophisticated photovoltaic and wind energy projects. Besides the original business region in Northern Germany, EWE is also successful in other German states, as well as Poland and Turkey. The EWE group employs around 6,400 people and generated revenues of 5.8 billion euros in 2009.