Fuel cells are expected to play a very important role in the transition towards renewable fuels

The newly listed fuel cell company PowerCell Sweden AB (publ) has been granted 5 MSEK (EUR 530.000) by the Swedish Energy Agency to develop a modular fuel cell system for stationary applications. The project aims to develop and demonstrate stationary fuel cell systems based on modules of 20 kW with PowerCell’s new fuel cell stack, S2.

In discussions with several potential customers, PowerCell has seen a great interest in stationary systems in different sizes based on PowerCell's fuel cell technology. Supported by the awarded grant from the Swedish Energy Agency, PowerCell will develop a modular fuel cell system for stationary applications.

PowerCell has identified a range of applications that can be addressed using systems based on this fuel cell module, such as for storage of energy from renewable sources like solar and wind power that have a very high fluctuating production that do not comply with requirements. Other possible applications are larger standby generators and electricity generation from excess hydrogen in the process industry.

Magnus Henell, CEO of PowerCell said: “The Swedish Energy Agency has once again shown that they believe in our technology. They find our technology to be very interesting and have supported us in several projects so far. We see a great potential for this modular fuel cell system as the interest in this solution is great in a number of segments and markets worldwide”.

Based on the system that PowerCell has previously developed, the so-called "Range Extender", stationary fuel cell systems in the range of 20-120 kW can be developed for applications in several segments and markets.

Fuel cells are expected to play a very important role in the transition towards renewable fuels, where it has great potential to replace the smaller diesel power plants in several applications, but also as part of the energy storage system and at large power plants due to its high efficiency and lack of toxic emissions.

The Swedish Energy Agency operates in various sectors of society to create the conditions for an efficient, sustainable and cost-effective use of energy in Sweden.