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I n Germany, SFC Smart Fuel Cell, a manufacturer of direct methanol fuel cell systems for mobile and remote power applications, is planning to collaborate with automotive components supplier Webasto to equip leisure vehicles with fuel cell systems.
SFC will supply its EFOY fuel cell via Webasto for use in vehicles, to generate energy for heating systems. In addition, the move will, in the future, give SFC a stronger presence in the accessories follow-up market. Webasto says the arrangement will enable it to offer a system that is powerful, compact and environmentally friendly while improving customer comfort.
Dr Peter Podesser, CEO of SFC Smart Fuel Cell, says his firm's DMFC technology allows 'gas-free' energy to be supplied to recreational vehicles. 'The planned cooperation with Webasto in the gas-free concept, and in other areas for the accessories market, marks another milestone for our company's commercial success,' he says.
Webasto has been focusing since 2002 on auxiliary power units (APUs) for cars, in which electrical energy is produced from liquid fuels with the aid of a high-temperature solid oxide fuel cell. In 2005 it set up a joint venture -called Staxera GmbH -with H.C. Starck GmbH to commercialize the technology in vehicle APUs [FCB, August 2005]. The following year it signed a cooperation agreement with heating technology company Vaillant Group [FCB, April 2006
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