Results from fuel cell micro-CHP demonstration Eva Ravn Nielsen and Carsten Prag DTU

Hannover Messe, April 25, 2016

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Introduction to ene.field • The largest European demonstration of fuel cell microCHP for private homes.

• Up to 1,000 fuel cell heating & power systems in 11 countries. • Project duration:v5 years.

• Systems demonstrated for 1 to 3 years. • Analysis of performance, potentials and barriers. Eva Ravn Nielsen, DTU Energy

Denmark

UK

Netherlands

Belgium

France

Germany

Luxembourg Switzerland

Austria Slovenia Italy

Countries where units are currently expected to be installed

FC Micro Combined Heat & Power • • • •

Supply of heat and electricity Fuelled by natural gas ~ 1 kW units Elektricitet Electricity Reduce energy costs and primary energy consumption • Maintaining home comfort Steam Vanddamp and CO2 • Produce own power og CO 2

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Varme Heat Naturgas Natural

gas

Brændselscelleanlæg Fuel cell

Consortium and budget The consortium brings together 26 partners including: • the leading European FC microCHP developers, • utilities companies, • research institutes, • organisations in charge of dissemination and coordination of the project. FCH JU supports ene.field with 26 mill. € Eva Ravn Nielsen, DTU Energy

Total budget ~ 53 mill. €

Units demonstrated

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Documentation and analyses Important knowledge and experience regarding: • Most favourable house types and regions • Training needs for technical personnel • Regulations, Codes and Standards • Barriers to mass uptake • Technical performance • Smart grid integration • Environmental impact • Business models Eva Ravn Nielsen, DTU Energy

Status of field trial • Rapid increase in number of units installed • 445 units installed (March 2016) • In 8 countries • So far 70% SOFC and 30% PEM

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Project reports Review of Field Support Arrangements European Supply Chain Analysis Regulations Codes & Standards Grid Connection issues of Fuel Cell Based micro-CHP Smart Grid Capabilities of FC Based micro-CHP Non-Economic Barriers to Market Uptake (preliminary version) Eva Ravn Nielsen, DTU Energy

End-user profile Consumers involved in the field trial: • are environmentally concerned • actively work towards saving energy • are concerned with future costs and security of energy supply • have positive expectation for their future FC micro-CHP to meet the heat and power needs • most live in detached houses • used to have natural gas boiler • have no kids at home • work full time Eva Ravn Nielsen, DTU Energy

Non-economic barriers to marked uptake • A predictable policy framework rewarding more efficient energy system needed • Bureaucratic permission procedures to connect FC micro-CHPs to grids represents a barrier to uptake! • RC&S: Countries use international standards but supplement by own versions. Mix of standards leads to problem for commercialization of products throughout Europe • A suitable method for Energy Labelling should be identified. The present method is misleading and does not acknowledge superior FC micro-CHP performance Eva Ravn Nielsen, DTU Energy

Smart grid capabilities of micro-CHPs • FC micro-CHPs can be integrated and act in a smart grid • Product costs are a challenge of micro-CHPs • Establishing the right framework for FC micro-CHPs contributing to the grid (rewards and new business models) may help relieve the high up-front costs

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Findings and conclusions • ene.field has successfully installed ~ 450 FC micro-CHP in a range of house types across 8 European markets • Germany is the strongest early market, due to regional funding opportunities, tolerance of higher cost heating systems • Performance data is being collected and will be analysed in the coming period • FC micro-CHP's are ready to be integrated in a smart grid • System capital costs are the major challenge for growth of the market (running costs are competitive) • Increased manufacturing volumes will drive capital costs down - this requires continued public funding support Eva Ravn Nielsen, DTU Energy

Next steps • Continuation of deployment of micro-CHP units in the field trials • Documentation of technical performance by monitoring units • Further analysis of customer perception through pre- and post-installation surveys • Market growth projections and detailed modelling of FC micro-CHP impacts on European electricity systems • Lifecycle analysis (LCA) and lifecycle cost analysis (LCC) Eva Ravn Nielsen, DTU Energy

Acknowledgement The ene.field project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) for the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative under grant agreement No 303462

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More info... www.enefield.eu [email protected] [email protected]

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Meet us... • Manufacturers with IBZ (Initiative Brennstoffzelle) at E 51 • More partners: ENGIE, DBI, Dantherm Power, DTU

Thank you for your attention!

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