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New working partnership with Foster Wheeler
New working partnership with Foster Wheeler.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 2541C AFC Energy Plc 12 April 2013 \n \n\n12 April, 2013\n \nAFC Energy PLC\n \n(\"AFC Energy\" or the \"Company\")\n \nAFC Energy announces working partnership with Foster Wheeler\n \nAFC Energy, the industrial fuel cell power company, is pleased to announce that it is working with Foster Wheeler, the global engineering and construction contractor and power generation equipment supplier, to develop and roll-out, commercially, fuel cell systems for industrial applications. \n \nFoster Wheeler will work closely with AFC Energy in the engineering and benchmarking of AFC Energy's fuel cell systems and scaling up deployment of these systems at commercial sites - including at Industrial Chemicals Ltd (ICL), a leading UK chemicals company, where a one megawatt AFC hydrogen fuel cell plant will be installed.\n \nDuring an initial 12-month period, Foster Wheeler will focus on the review of critical design and fabrication milestones for AFC Energy's base-level multi-cartridge 250-kilowatt generation system that will form the building block of the ICL plant. Foster Wheeler will also chair independent safety and reliability reviews, including HAZOP and model reviews to evaluate engineering designs. \n \nAFC Energy and Foster Wheeler plan to develop their relationship to a stage where Foster Wheeler would be the selected contractor to design and install full-scale fuel systems based on AFC technology in a wide range of industrial and utility-scale applications.\n \nIan Williamson, Chief Executive of AFC, said: \"This working partnership will help AFC as we advance from a design stage technology business to a commercial scale company. As we prepare to deploy our systems in commercial settings, it is essential that we have objective experts on hand to put our plans through their paces and ensure that we are delivering a robust product. We are delighted that Foster Wheeler is working with AFC to help commercialise our fuel cells as part of the renewable energy mix, alongside biofuels, solar and other sources of clean power.\" \n \nFilippo Abbà, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Foster Wheeler Energy Limited, commented: \"This new relationship demonstrates our strategy to develop close relationships with leading-edge technology suppliers. The work we w...