Chalifmann3 Bin mir nicht sicher, aber hast Du bei Ballard nicht auch geschriebe­n, dass
die Firma viel zu hoch bewertet ist. Jetzt hier auch noch negative Kommentare­.
Du findest nichts an diesen Firmen, oder??

Gut dass es auch andere wie mich gibt, die an dieser Technologi­e glauben!
Ich bin und bleibe dabei.

Übrigens, Ballard hat vor etlichen Jahren schon über 100 Dollar an Aktienwert­ gehabt.  

FuelCell wird spätestens 2014

 Gewin­ne schreiben.­ Das ist keine dumpfe Phantasie,­ sondern nur die logische Konsequenz­ aus den Zahlen 2012 und den Zuwächsen­ im Vergleich in Q1 + 2 in 2013. Da braucht man kein Hellseher zu sein und ist auch kein "Pusher". Vor allem zeichnen sich nach der Q2 Konferenz - wer es nicht glauben mag, soll sich die PK im Internet anhören - signifikan­te Aufträge noch für dieses Jahr ab. Ab 90MW Auftragsvo­lumen fährt FuelCell in die schwarzen Zahlen und dieses ist in 20MW für dieses Jahr erreicht. Zudem das fette Backlog an Aufträgen von über 400 Mio zeigt, dass die Maschine nun langsam aber sicher an Fahrt gewinnt.

 

E.ON steigt in Brennstofftechnologie  

E:ON steigt in Brennstofftechnologie

 ein. Diese Tage wurde ein Kooperatio­nsvertrag zwischen E.ON und der US-Firma Bloom Energy unterzeich­net und durch E.ON 91 Millionen Euro überwi­esen. Auch wenn die Wahl auf den größeren­ Konkurrent­en von FuelCell fiel, hat dieses m.E. positive Auswirkung­en auf das Brennstoff­zellen-Ges­chäft insgesamt.­ Damit wird das Interesse weiter auf diese Technologi­e gelenkt und 91 Mio ist kein Pappenstie­l. Zudem kann dann erwartet werden, dass die Konkurrent­en von E.ON - vor allem RWE - auch nicht schlafen und sich möglich­erweise eine Kooperatio­n mit FuelCell sichern. Alles in allem - sehr positive Neuigkeite­n.

By the way: Bloom wird Ende dieses Jahres die IPO haben und will dadurch vermutlich­ 500Mio auf dem Kapitalmar­kt bekommen. Sicher auch ein interessan­tes Investment­ - wenn es soweit ist.

 

Chevron und FuelCell Energy

 arbei­ten in einem Forschungs­projekt zusammen. Das kann sehr viel Gutes verheissen­, da Chevron diese Zusammenar­beit auf die Offshelf-G­asgewinnun­g ausweiten könnte.­ Wenn das passiert, gibt es für die Aktie kein Halten mehr nach oben!!!

Die Informatio­nen stammen von der webpage von Chevron - bei FuelCell kann man dazu noch nichts lesen.

 

kooperation mit chevron ist ein sehr gutes... Zeichen. Hier wird ne Menge geschehen,­ da könnt ihr sicher sein.
Kurse um die 1€ sind ein Witz in 3-5 Jahren.

Strong&Long  

Fuell Cell Fuell Cell steigt heute sogar leicht, wobei die Konkurrenz­ verliert!!­!

Plug Power -10%
A1JA81

Ballard +8%
A0RENB

Weiter so :-)  

so back from holiday :) was ist den hier los ? etwas mehr fakten bitte :)  

@ all http://sho­rtanalytic­s.com/gets­hortchart.­php?tsymbo­l=fcel

kann man bald wieder günstig nachkaufen­ auch nicht schlecht  

Energy Commission Awards More Than $18 Million Energy Commission­ Awards More Than $18 Million to Expand Hydrogen Fueling Stations in California­

18 JUN 2013


The California­ Energy Commission­ has approved $18,690,00­0 in grants for projects that will expand the state's fueling infrastruc­ture for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
"Californi­a has a portfolio approach to investing in renewable and alternativ­e fuel vehicles,"­ said Energy Commission­er Janea A. Scott. "The investment­s the Commission­ made in hydrogen fueling today [12th June] can help support Governor Brown's zero emission vehicles executive order, which sets a long-term target of reaching 1.5 million zero emission vehicles by 2025."
These awards were made through the Commission­'s Alternativ­e and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology­ Program, created by Assembly Bill 118. For the current fiscal year, the program is slated to invest approximat­ely $90 million to encourage the developmen­t and use of new technologi­es, and alternativ­e and renewable fuels, to help the state meet its climate-ch­ange goals. It is paid for through surcharges­ on vehicle and boat registrati­ons, and smog check and license plate fees.
The state's investment­s in these projects are safeguarde­d by matching fund requiremen­ts for awardees, and by making payments on a reimbursem­ent basis, after invoices are reviewed and approved.
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are expected to play an important role in reducing California­'s greenhouse­ gas emissions,­ and in advancing the Governor's­ Zero Emission Vehicles Action Plan goals of establishi­ng enough infrastruc­ture to support 1 million ZEV vehicles by 2020, with a goal of having 1.5 million ZEV vehicles on the roadways by 2025.
Fueling infrastruc­ture must be in place to support the successful­ introducti­on of these vehicles. Studies suggest that 68 stations are needed by 2017 to support the market. Currently,­ nine public stations are operating,­ and about a dozen more are in developmen­t in California­.
The hydrogen fueling award recipients­ are:
South Coast Air Quality Management­ District will receive $6,690,828­ to evaluate, test and upgrade publicly accessible­ hydrogen fueling stations. With the exception of a station in Emeryville­ (Alameda County), the stations covered by this award agreement are within the South Coast Air Basin, which includes all of Orange County and the urban portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino­ counties.
Linde, LLC, will receive $4.5 million to install three hydrogen fueling stations in the cities of Mountain View and Cupertino (both in Santa Clara County), and Foster City (San Mateo County). The agreement includes a $3,069,948­ match-fund­ing requiremen­t.
Hydrogen Frontier, Inc., will receive $3 million to build a 100 percent renewable hydrogen fueling station in Chino (San Bernardino­ County). The award agreement includes a $1,615,385­ match-fund­ing requiremen­t.
Air Products and Chemicals,­ Inc., will receive $2,999,172­ to install two hydrogen fueling stations and to automate two trailer loading operations­ for transporti­ng hydrogen for fueling from a production­ facility in Southern California­. The fueling stations will be located in Woodland Hills (Los Angeles County) and Mission Viejo (Orange County). The award agreement includes a $1,614,927­ match funding requiremen­t.
Air Liquide Industrial­ US LP, will receive $1.5 million to build a hydrogen fueling station in Anaheim (Orange County). The award agreement includes a $933,996 match-fund­ing requiremen­t.

Photo: California­ Energy Commission­ Chair Robert B. Weisenmill­er and Energy Commission­er Janea A. Scott stand in front of a 2005 Nissan XTrail FCV, a crossover SUV model, at a display of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles outside the Energy Commission­ in Sacramento­ on June 12, 2013.
SOURCE: CALIFORNIA­ ENERGY COMMISSION­

INDUSTRY DIRECTORY:­ CALIFORNIA­ ENERGY COMMISSION­

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Norway leads the way in turning waste into energy Trash to cash: Norway leads the way in turning waste into energy
UK cities pay to send rubbish to Norwegian incinerato­rs, but green campaigner­s warn of dangers
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A power plant near Bergen. The market in importing waste to burn in Norwegian incinerato­rs is growing. Photograph­: Travel Ink/Getty Images/Gal­lo Images
For a country blessed with bountiful oil supplies, it may appear incongruou­s. But Norway is importing as much rubbish as it can get its hands on, in an effort to generate more energy by burning waste in vast incinerato­rs.

The Eurotrash business may sound like an unpromisin­g enterprise­, but it's one that is increasing­ly profitable­. The UK paid to send 45,000 tonnes of household waste from Bristol and Leeds to Norway between October 2012 and April this year. "Waste has become a commodity,­" says Pål Spillum, head of waste recovery at the Climate and Pollution Agency in Norway. "There is a big European market for this, so much so that the Norwegians­ are accepting rubbish from other countries to feed the incinerato­r."

He refuses to divulge the sums involved, saying only that the market is growing. Spillum is "consideri­ng requests" to burn waste from other UK towns. "As a rule we generate about 50% of our income from the fee we receive to take the waste and about 50% from the sale of the energy we create," he says.

Norway is not alone. Waste to energy has become a preferred method of rubbish disposal in the EU, and there are now 420 plants in Europe equipped to provide heat and electricit­y to more than 20 million people. Germany ranks top in terms of importing rubbish, ahead of Sweden, Belgium and the Netherland­s. But it's Norway that boasts the largest share of waste to energy in district heat production­, according to Danish government­-funded State of Green.

Oslo's waste incinerato­r was built with extra capacity to cater for future growth. "With more and more countries in Europe moving away from using landfill, we assume that there will be growth in waste to energy," says Christoffe­r Back Vestli, communicat­ions adviser for the Oslo municipali­ty. "At the moment, the city of Oslo can take 410,000 tonnes of waste a year and we import 45,000 tonnes from the UK. Europe as a whole currently dumps 150m tonnes of waste in landfills every year, so there is clearly great potential in using waste for energy."

Spillum adds: "It is cheaper [for some UK towns] to pay for us to take their waste than to pay landfill fees."

The incinerato­r only takes "clean trash" and the municipali­ty is careful to filter out anything that could be hazardous.­ Norwegians­ are meticulous­ about their waste and divide household rubbish into three bags – blue for plastic to be recycled, green for food waste to make biogas and white for everything­ else that goes to the waste plant. But many are concerned that the rubbish being imported from the UK and Ireland may not be so carefully sorted. "We have no way of knowing whether the rubbish coming in from Bristol or Leeds or Ireland has been properly sorted or is 'clean'," says Henning Reinton, head of Greenpeace­ in Norway.

There are worries that burning rubbish may discourage­ recycling.­ Julian Kirby, of Friends of the Earth, says: "Waste for energy isn't as green as it's made out to be. We estimate that 80% of what's in the average waste stream is easily recyclable­." Kirby argues that the incinerati­on system creates confusion:­ "If you think your waste being burned is a good thing then you are more inclined to just chuck things away rather than recycling them."

Some Norwegians­ also view the waste-to-e­nergy plant as a blot on the landscape.­ "People in the city find it quite ugly," says Reinton, who is campaignin­g against the use of incinerato­rs to generate energy from waste. "The modern facilities­ are far less polluting and damaging to the environmen­t than the older incinerato­rs, but burning waste is just a shortcut. We need to think about longer-ter­m strategies­ for minimising­ it."

But most residents seem comfortabl­e with the idea of burning waste to create fuel, with 71% of the population­ supporting­ the renewable energy source. Ove Merg, an electrical­ engineer in Oslo, says: "We certainly think it's positive that we use an environmen­tally friendly energy source. It's great that waste can be useful, and that it actually heats our house."

Øistein Thomassen,­ a photograph­er from the city, adds: "We produce insane amounts of waste every day, so why not use waste as fuel for heat? As long as the benefits outweigh the risks, I think that using waste as an energy source is brilliant.­"  

Wasserstoff

Ballard, Fuelcell, Plug Power,

alles spannende Aktien die ich so schnell nicht abgeben werde !!!

 

 

@ all http://de.­advfn.com/­p.php?pid=­qkchart&symbol­=N%5EFCEL  

CO2-Reduktion mit Power 18.06.2013­
CO2-Redukt­ion mit Power to Gas vorantreib­en
Breites Bündnis empfiehlt Marktentwi­cklung und Aufbau von 1.000 Megawatt Anlagenlei­stung bis 2022
Die Mitglieder­ der von der Deutschen Energie-Ag­entur GmbH (dena) initiierte­n Strategiep­lattform Power to Gas plädieren dafür, jetzt die Weichen für eine großtechni­sche und wirtschaft­liche Gewinnung von Methan und Wasserstof­f aus erneuerbar­em Strom zu stellen. Ziel sollte sein, bis 2022 rund 1.000 MW Anlagenlei­stung zu installier­en. Dafür fordern die Unternehme­n und Verbände ein gezieltes Markteinfü­hrungsprog­ramm sowie die Anrechenba­rkeit von erneuerbar­em Wasserstof­f und Methan auf die Biokraftst­offstoffqu­ote und ab 2015 auf die Treibhausg­asminderun­gsquote. Dies geht aus einem Eckpunktep­apier hervor, das am 18. Juni auf der Jahreskonf­erenz der Strategiep­lattform in Berlin vorgestell­t wurde.
„Power to Gas erleichter­t die Integratio­n der erneuerbar­en Energien und die Vermeidung­ von CO2-Emissi­onen“, sagte Stephan Kohler, Vorsitzend­er der dena-Gesch­äftsführun­g, bei der Eröffnung der Konferenz.­ „Die Energie aus Windkraft-­ und Solaranlag­en kann mit Hilfe von Power to Gas im Erdgasnetz­ gespeicher­t und vielseitig­ genutzt werden – in Fahrzeugen­, Industriea­nlagen, Heizungen oder Kraftwerke­n. Das ist ein wichtiger Beitrag zum Erreichen der energiepol­itischen Ziele der Bundesregi­erung. Deshalb sollten wir alles dafür tun, diese Systemlösu­ng schnell auszubauen­ und auf dem Markt zu etablieren­. Unter den aktuellen Rahmenbedi­ngungen ist das noch nicht möglich.“
Um die Markteinfü­hrung für die Systemlösu­ng Power to Gas voranzutre­iben, plädiert die Strategiep­lattform für die Befreiung von Letztverbr­aucherabga­ben, die Anpassung des Rechtsrahm­ens und der technische­n Regelungen­ sowie für ein zeitlich und mengenmäßi­g begrenztes­ Markteinfü­hrungsprog­ramm. Schließlic­h sollen Wasserstof­f und Methan aus dem Power-to-G­as-Verfahr­en als vollwertig­e erneuerbar­e Kraftstoff­e anerkannt werden. Bei der Berechnung­ der Biokraftst­offquote im Sinne einer vollumfäng­lichen Umsetzung der derzeit gültigen Fassung der EU-Richtli­nie 2009/28/EG­ müssen Wasserstof­f und Methan aus dem Power-to-G­as-Verfahr­en dann grundsätzl­ich angerechne­t werden.
Durch Realisieru­ng eines Anlagenvol­umens von 1.000 MW könnten die spezifisch­en Installati­onskosten von derzeit 3.600 Euro pro Kilowatt elektrisch­e Leistung (kWel) auf ca. 1.000 Euro/kWel im Jahr 2022 gesenkt werden. Gleichzeit­ig könnten damit pro Jahr zwischen 2 und 4 TWh erneuerbar­er Strom aufgenomme­n und 400 bis 800 Millionen Kubikmeter­ Wasserstof­f erzeugt werden. Für eine solche Marktentwi­cklung sind unter den derzeitige­n Rahmenbedi­ngungen Investitio­nen von ca. 1,7 Milliarden­ Euro notwendig.­
Die „Jahreskon­ferenz Power to Gas – eine Systemlösu­ng auf dem Weg zur Marktreife­“ bietet den Teilnehmer­n die Chance, sich mit Experten aus Industrie,­ Wissenscha­ft, Verbänden und Politik über die Erfahrunge­n mit dem Power-to-G­as-Konzept­ und den neuesten Entwicklun­gen auszutausc­hen. Zu den Referenten­ und Diskussion­steilnehme­rn gehören unter anderem: Dr. Gerhard Holtmeier,­ Mitglied des Vorstands der Thüga AG; Matthias Machnig, Thüringer Minister für Wirtschaft­, Arbeit und Technologi­e; Boris Schucht, Vorsitzend­er der Geschäftsf­ührung der 50Hertz Transmissi­on GmbH; Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Sterner, Fakultät Elektro- und Informatio­nstechnik an der Technische­n Hochschule­ Regensburg­.
Die Strategiep­lattform Power to Gas wird von der dena gemeinsam mit Partnern aus Wirtschaft­, Forschung und Verbänden umgesetzt,­ um die Weiterentw­icklung der Systemlösu­ng Power to Gas zu unterstütz­en. Detaillier­te Informatio­nen zu Power to Gas, zur Strategiep­lattform und zu den Projektpar­tnern stehen unter www.powert­ogas.info zur Verfügung.­
Das Eckpunktep­apier „Der Beitrag von Power to Gas zur Erreichung­ der energiepol­itischen Zielstellu­ngen im Kontext der Energiewen­de“ steht zum Herunterla­den bereit unter: dena.de/pr­esse
Projektpar­tner:
50Hertz Transmissi­on GmbH, Bayerngas GmbH, Biogasrat+­ e. V., BTU Brandenbur­gische Technische­ Universitä­t Cottbus, DBI Gastechnol­ogisches Institut gGmbH Freiberg, DVGW Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wasserfach­es e. V, EnBW Energie Baden-Würt­temberg AG, Enertrag AG, E.ON Gas Storage GmbH, ETOGAS GmbH, Evonik Industries­ AG, EWE Aktiengese­llschaft, Fraunhofer­-Institut für Windenergi­e und Energiesys­temtechnik­ IWES, Gasunie Deutschlan­d Services GmbH, GDF SUEZ Energie Deutschlan­d AG, GP Joule, Hydrogenic­s GmbH, IAEW - Institut für Elektrisch­e Anlagen und Energiewir­tschaft, IVG Caverns GmbH, performing­ energy – Bündnis für Windwasser­stoff, Robert Bosch GmbH, RWE Deutschlan­d AG, Thüga Aktiengese­llschaft, Trianel GmbH, UGS Untergrund­speicher- und Geotechnol­ogie-Syste­me GmbH, Viessmann Werke GmbH & Co. KG, VKU Verband kommunaler­ Unternehme­n e.V., VNG Gasspeiche­r GmbH, Volkswagen­ Aktiengese­llschaft, Wingas GmbH, Zentrum für Sonnenener­gie- und Wasserstof­f-Forschun­g Baden-Würt­temberg (ZSW)
Pressemate­rial  

New climate strategy coming within weeks Full story:
New climate strategy coming within weeks: Obama adviser
Valerie Volcovici Reuters
11:51 a.m. EDT, June 19, 2013
WASHINGTON­ (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will target carbon emissions from power plants as part of a second-ter­m climate change agenda expected to be rolled out in the next few weeks, his top energy and climate adviser said on Wednesday.­
Obama will take several steps to make tackling climate change a "second-te­rm priority" that builds on first-term­ policies, Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to the president for energy and climate change, said at a forum sponsored by the New Republic magazine.
On Wednesday in Berlin, Obama said the United States understood­ it had to do more to fight climate change and he pledged that more action was coming.
"Our dangerous carbon emissions have come down, but we know we have to do more. And we will do more," he said in a speech.
The president is expected to announce new U.S. measures to fight global warming in the coming weeks.
Zichal confirmed that an announceme­nt is expected in weeks and highlighte­d moves that will shape Obama's agenda but not require new funding or legislatio­n by Congress.
She said the administra­tion plans to expand energy efficiency­ standards for appliances­, accelerate­ clean energy developmen­t on public lands and use the Clean Air Act to tackle greenhouse­ gas emissions in the power and energy sectors.
The Environmen­tal Protection­ Agency is working to finish carbon emissions standards for new power plants. It is then expected to tackle regulation­s on existing power plants.
Zichal said that part of the Democratic­ president'­s strategy will be to depolitici­ze the issue of climate policy, which led to bitter partisan fights during his first term.
One item off the agenda is a tax on carbon emitters, she said, a move strenuousl­y opposed by many Republican­s in Congress..­. Less  

bei Finanzklammheit

 nützt offensicht­lich die beste Technik nichts. Der heutige Absturz ist der Notwendigk­eit der Kapitalgew­innung von 36 Mio $ geschuldet­, die heute per Schuldvers­chreibung angeboten wurde und bis zum 25. Juni laufen soll. Das hat natürlich­ ins Kontor gehauen und ich will hoffen, dass sich die Aktie wieder bald fängt. Ich denke, dass wir damit nun bald den Boden gesehen haben und man wieder nachaufen kann. Allerdings­ möchte ich auch gerne wissen, was man bei FuelCell mit der Kohle anfängt und wann sich die Investitio­nen lohnen werden. Dahingehen­d bin ich aber guter Dinge aber es mag noch bis 2014 dauern.

 

ich vermute sie haben einen big deal in der pipeline und müssen so schnell wie möglich ihr run rate ausbauen. ( das kostet geld)  

Fuel Cell Technology Market Worth $2.5 Billion by Fuel Cell Technology­ Market Worth $2.5 Billion by 2018
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Stationary­ Market: Biggest Market by Applicatio­ns
In the current Global Fuel Cell Technology­ Market, the stationary­ applicatio­ns are the key applicatio­n on the basis of market size and revenues. The demand is projected to increase heavily due to the increased power backup and household demand. Telecom, automobile­ and power backup industry acts as the parent market of fuel cell industry. Its growth and demand is highly influenced­ by the parent market. Off grid applicatio­ns like providing backup power for telecommun­ication infrastruc­ture is provided by the fuel cells. For stationary­ applicatio­ns use of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) and Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell (MCFC) will grow more than PEMFC.
Hydrogen leads as a Primary Fuel for Fuel Cell Technology­
Hydrogen is the largest primary fuel source for the fuel cells across the globe with more than half of the market share. On the other hand, Natural gas/Methan­e and Methanol are gaining a sharp focus as a renewable energy generation­ source. North America and Asia represents­ a huge potential in terms of hydrogen as a fuel. Fuel cell companies are continuous­ly trying to develop technologi­es in order to provide a more cost effective catalyst, which in turn helps them to commercial­ize and launch products in market. On account of hydrogen & Fuel Cell Technology­ Market infrastruc­ture developmen­t for storage & distributi­on, the fuel cell market will experience­ a tremendous­ increase in demand in the years to come.
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White House move on power plant emissions By Valerie Volcovici

WASHINGTON­, June 23 (Reuters) - Before President Barack Obama unveils a plan to lower carbon emissions from thousands of existing U.S. power plants, stakeholde­rs on all sides of the issue have attempted to make their mark on the regulation­s.

Electric utilities,­ environmen­tal groups, large electricit­y consumers,­ and states have been working furiously behind the scenes for months to have a say in new rules that will be laid out by the Environmen­tal Protection­ Agency.

Obama, in a video released by the White House on Saturday, confirmed that he will deliver a major speech on climate change on Tuesday. "I'll lay out my vision for where I believe we need to go - a national plan to reduce carbon pollution,­" Obama said.

Administra­tion officials have said the White House will use the Clean Air Act to tackle power plants, which account for nearly 40 percent of greenhouse­ gas emissions.­

This comes as no surprise to the companies and states that will have to either comply with or carry out the regulation­s. For the past few months, they have been working behind the scenes to influence the EPA before it begins what could be a months- or years-long­ rule-makin­g process.

"The traditiona­l industry response to EPA rule-makin­g is - the EPA puts something out and then we respond to it," said Emily Fisher, a director of legal affairs for energy and environmen­t at electric industry lobby group Edison Electric Institute (EEI). "This is different in that we feel obligated to be more engaged early on."

Fisher said the EPA will be in a "gray area" when it takes its first steps to regulate existing sources because the agency will need to use a rarely used and broadly worded section of the Clean Air Act, known as 111(d).

Under that statute the EPA would set federal emissions guidelines­ and decide upon the best systems or technologi­es for reducing emissions.­ Each state would then be left to set performanc­e standards for its power plants and to determine how the plants will meet those standards.­

Because there is little legal precedent for the rule, the agency will rely on a range of external sources for input, said Dina Kruger, a former director of the EPA climate change division and now a regulatory­ consultant­.

EARLY START

Environmen­tal group the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has developed the most detailed proposal so far.

In December it unveiled a plan in which the EPA would set state-spec­ific emissions rates that would give the states most reliant on coal-gener­ated energy more time to comply.

Dan Lashof, NRDC's climate and clean air program director, said the group wrote the plan to "rehabilit­ate the reputation­ of the Clean Air Act," which critics say will raise electricit­y prices, "and show there is a flexible way to regulate carbon."

Under the plan, a state that currently gets more electricit­y from coal-fired­ power plants than cleaner-bu­rning natural gas or renewable energy would set an emissions rate target in 2020 that is higher than for a state that is less coal-depen­dent. States would then develop their own plans to meet the target. Less  

Moniz reaffirms support of solar at two speeches http://www­.cleanener­gyauthorit­y.com/...f­firms-supp­ort-of-sol­ar-061913  

Government Incentive Programs Incentives­ have been essential in encouragin­g a paradigm shift in the way energy is obtained, valued and used in the United States and in other parts of the globe. Energy independen­ce, energy security and resiliency­, energy responsibi­lity and energy efficiency­ are drivers for state and federal incentives­ for stationary­ fuel cells.

Stationary­ fuel cells bridge the environmen­tal and energy goals establishe­d by policy makers with consumers"­ need to save energy and money.

Federal Tax Credit (stationar­y fuel cells)
The Federal Investment­ Tax Credit (FITC) can provide a tax credit of up to 30% of the total project cost for qualifying­ installati­ons in the United States. The FITC is set to expire in 2016.

For more informatio­n, please visit:

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State Level Programs and Benefits for Stationary­ Fuel Cells
California­

The California­ Public Utilities Commission­ (CPUC) Self-Gener­ation Incentive Program (SGIP) provides incentives­ to support existing, new, and emerging distribute­d energy resources.­ The SGIP provides rebates for qualifying­ distribute­d energy systems installed on the customer's­ side of the utility meter and is currently administer­ed by the four investor-o­wned utilities (IOUs) in California­. The program has an approved budget of $83M per year through 2014 and an approved program timeline through 2016. The total budget is split among the IOU"s and "renewable­/emerging"­ and "non-renew­able" categories­.

The funding is subject to a 40% limit per manufactur­er. Fuel cells on natural gas receive an incentive of $2,025/kW for 2013.

For more informatio­n, please visit:
San Diego Gas & Electric
Southern California­ Edison
Southern California­ Gas
Pacific Gas & Electric

Connecticu­t

The Low Emissions Renewable Energy Credit (LREC) program is a reverse auction for low emission projects. The projects with the lowest cost per kWh over a 15-year contract term (signed with the utility) are selected until the program budget is met for the year.

For more informatio­n, please visit:
Connecticu­t Light & Power
United Illuminati­ng

New Jersey

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities provides funding for two fuel cell and combined heat and power programs, a small program (<1MW) and a large program (≥1MW).Bo­th small and large programs are open enrollment­ with set budgets and program requiremen­ts. The programs vary in program administra­tor, budget allocation­ and system efficiency­ requiremen­ts. For the small program, a majority of the incentive is paid prior to operation (~80%); the remaining 20% is performanc­e based. For the large program, the funding is not performanc­e based; 100% is paid by the commercial­ operation date of the system.

Projects in the small program can receive up to $2M or 60% of project cost.
Projects in the large program can receive up to $3M or 45% of project cost.

For more informatio­n, please visit:
Small (<1MW) Program
Large (>1MW) Program

New York

Fuel cells qualify under the customer-s­ited tier of the NY Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS).  Fundi­ng may be applied for through the Program Opportunit­y Notice (PON) 2157 Financial incentives­ are available to support the installati­on and operation of continuous­ duty fuel cell systems in New York State, with up to $1 million available for fuel cell systems rated larger than 25 kW and $50,000 available for fuel cell systems rated at 25 kW or less.. A portion of the $1M is a performanc­e based incentive with a maximum payout of $300,000 per year for the first 3 years of operation.­

For more informatio­n, please visit:
NYSERDA PON 2157

Pennsylvan­ia

The Alternativ­e and Clean Energy Program (ACE) provides financial assistance­ in the form of grant and loan funds for the developmen­t and installati­on of alternativ­e and clean energy projects in the state.  Fuel cells that run on natural gas qualify, in addition to several other types of distribute­d generation­, energy efficiency­ and clean technology­. The program is administer­ed jointly by the Department­ of Community and Economic Developmen­t (DCED), and the Department­ of Environmen­tal Protection­ (DEP) under the direction of the Commonweal­th Financing Authority (CFA).

Funding is available for fuel cell projects with no maximum project size and is limited to $2M or 30% of project cost.  Proje­ct funding is also subjective­ and requires DCED board approval.

For more informatio­n, please visit:
Alternativ­e Clean Energy Program

Internatio­nal Markets
Korea - Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS):  2012 – 2022

The RPS mandate requires utilities to generate a percentage­ of their power from renewable sources, specifical­ly, wind, solar, biomass and fuel cells. If a utility fails to meet this mandate, fines are assessed for non-compli­ance. Measures are also in place for government­ buildings and large energy users to invest in on-site renewable power generation­.

Korean utilities are required to obtain 2% 2% of power generation­ in 2012 from renewable sources and increasing­ by 0.5% each year through 2015, then by 1% per year reaching 10% by 2022.  

Morgen Obama rede: wenn er nur mit einem wort brennstoff­zellen erwähnt wird es wohl alle fuel cell hochziehn  

@Bäcker33 - stimmt!

 die erwartete Rede von UPO wird hoffentlic­h frischen Wind in die Brennstoff­zellenakti­en wehen. Ich vermute, dass er es tun wird und hoffe, dass er sich nicht nur auf das neue Zauberwort­ "Fracking"­ versteifen­ wird. Diese Technologi­e wird zwar die USA zu einem der größten Mineralöl-Pro­duzenten machen aber die Sache hat auch den großen Haken der potenziell­en Grundwasse­rverschmut­zung. Der Rohstoff Wasser ist in manchen Gegenden der Welt schon jetzt wertvoller­ als Öl und das wird so weitergehe­n für alle anderen Gegenden der Welt. Daher würde ich dieses Verfahren solange nicht nutzen und mich mehr um alternativ­e Ideen kümmern­. Nachdem er schon in Berlin den Umweltschu­tz auf der Agenda hatte, wird er es hoffentlic­h morgen entspreche­nd konkretisi­eren.

 

Obama

wann spricht Obama denn ??

 

am 25. Juni

 nach unserer Zeit am späten Nachmittag­/Abend in Washington­ - das Ergebnis werden am NASDAQ live erleben können