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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 3183G Ceres Power Holdings plc 01 March 2018 \n\n \n \n \n \nCERES POWER UNVEILS LATEST STEELCELL®ADVANCES AT FUEL CELL EXPO\n \nJapan, 1stMarch 2018:\n \n· Ceres Power announces progress of its latest 5kW stack and V5 SteelCell® technology at Tokyo Fuel Cell Expo\n· New 5kW stack platform with increased power density, reduced start-up times and vibration tolerance has potential to address automotive applications\n· SteelCell®V5 test results also show significant advancements in efficiency, and lower degradation\n \nCeres Power has today unveiled a new 5kW stack platform and the latest advancements of its SteelCell® V5 at Fuel Cell Expo in Japan - the world's most advanced market for fuel cells. Dr Subhasish Mukerjee, Director of Fuel Cell Development, updated the international fuel cell community on the significant progress that the SteelCell® technology has made in terms of power density, efficiency, degradation, start-up times and in vibration testing. These technological updates consolidate the Company's position in its target markets including Data Centres, Residential, Commercial and Automotive.\n \nHighlights of the latest V5 and 5kW stack platform developments include; \n \n- 5kW stack provides double the power/litre compared to the existing 1kW stack; up to ~500W per litre\n- Modular nature of 5kW stack allows for significant scale up to power applications from 5 to 100's kW generation \n- SteelCell® V5 enables net system efficiencies of 60%, with no combustion, offering approximately double the efficiency of conventional combustion engine technology without harmful emissions\n- Demonstrated robustness with over 3600 thermal cycles without failures or significant degradation (equivalent to c.10 years of daily use)\n- Fuel-flexible properties make SteelCell® the ideal technology for running on the natural gas infrastructure we have today, and is future-proofed as it can already operate on hydrogen, bio-fuels and other sustainable fuels.\n \nGreater scale, improving technology\n \nWith more than a doubling in power density - the amount of...