Intelligent Energy Share Discussion Threads

[ibug] 06/10/2016 11:21

IEH said sometime ago that they were involved with a large Japanese car manufacturer who produces a million cars a year to develop an HFC for a new generation of cars.

That could be anyone of at least five large corporates: Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan etc. Add to that list one major German car manufacturer as well...so there really are some real possibilities of major production orders unless the car makers decide to produce their own versions of IEH HFC's and fuel extenders under license.

[filster] 06/10/2016 10:45

To make serious money IEH need to be involved with Toyota in this - they're the largest (1st or 2nd) car manufacturer in the world at the moment and should have the know how to make this big. If IEH aren't involved with a Toyota or VWAG then they will always be playing in the little league.

all imho

ETA: The share price definitely seems to be rising - maybe some more positive 'news' hidden in the depths of the Annual Report?

[ibug] 06/10/2016 10:27

The connection with Orlando, Florida might be the fact that Praxair are located there. The company produces a wide range of gasses including compressed hydrogen.




PRAXAIR STARTS UP NEW HYDROGEN PLANT IN PERU
October 04, 2016

DANBURY, Conn., October 4, 2016 – Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX), a leading global industrial gas company, announced today that it has started up a hydrogen plant for Repsol, one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon fuels and petrochemicals.



This company mass produces hydrogen and delivers it in cartridges, trucks or even a pipeline. No wonder IEH will locate a cartridge designer nearby.

[ibug] 06/10/2016 09:24

Toyota begins showing off the new Prius Prime

Automaker has a new, very promising vehicle

Toyota is expressing a great deal of enthusiasm for its new Prius Prime, which is an updated version of its popular Prius vehicle. The automaker has begun to show very strong support for clean technology and how this technology can be used in transportation.

For many years, Toyota’s Prius, as well as its other vehicles, have served as indicators for future products from the company. The Prius Prime may follow this trend, especially when it comes to building larger vehicles making use of renewable energy.

Toyota continues to show favor for hydrogen fuel cells

Apart from the Prius Prime, Toyota is showing significant attention to hydrogen fuel cell technology. These energy systems are being used in Toyota’s new Mirai, which was launched in December of 2015.

For Toyota, hydrogen fuel cells show a great deal of promise because their favorable range of fueling time. Fuel cells can also produce large quantities of electrical power, which makes them very attractive for use in large vehicles.

[ibug] 06/10/2016 09:20

The fuel cell cartridge design engineer is expected to work on Merrit Island near Orlando, Florida.

I did some digging on that and there may be some connection with a camping gas cartridge manufacturer but I cannot find much else info.

However the job vacancy points to a commitment by IEH to make hydrogen gas cartridges for consumer electronics, i.e. phones, drones, laptops and Industrial IoT applications. This signals a strong possibility of an impending order for small fuel cells = high production numbers imo.

[filster] 06/10/2016 08:39

What is at the facility/location in Florida?

I know that Loughborough has a 'semi automated' production line and SMILE has a similar operation in Japan, but not sure exactly what is at Florida...

mtia

[ibug] 06/10/2016 08:32

Perhaps this means a contract is in the offering from a phone or tablet manufacturer.


BUY ON THE RUMOUR :-)

[ibug] 06/10/2016 08:31

Here is the spec for a fuel cell cartridge design engineer to work in Florida as advertised through an agency. The job has been removed from the IEH website a week ago.

Actively Recruiting For: Senior Mechanical Engineer - Fuel Cartridge
JOB DESCRIPTION

Our client is a well established research and development company with a specialization in developing fuel cell systems for a variety of applications. They are beginning the engineering and development of their next generation PEM fuel cell systems and have engaged Technical Staffing Professionals to help them find and hire a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead the product development of new, novel, fuel cartridge product designs to power consumer electronic devices from sub-Watt to 400Watt ranges.

The product will utilize solid hydrogen storage materials to produce hydrogen on demand for fuel cells to power consumer electronic devices such as cell phones and tablets.

The Senior Mechanical Engineer focuses on the mechanical design of the products and prototypes as well as helps define the mechanical equipment and process required to manufacture the product. Knowledge and experience in dry hydrogen storage systems, PEM fuel cells, and electrical integration would be beneficial.

[filster] 06/10/2016 08:22

Apparently IEH have a class leading product, but not class leading sales teams or marketing teams...

Although there seems support at this level for the share price and it seems to be slowly rising at the moment.. Annual Accounts will be out mid-Nov... Will need to see those to see how well it will fare over the next 6-9 months and possibly beyond.

[ibug] 06/10/2016 08:11

IEH has the connections in the industry to make incredible deals imo....no match lol.

[renniks2016] 06/10/2016 07:30

How do IE compare to the likes of these guys?
Leading fuel cell company Powercell Sweden AB (publ) has signed an important agreement with world-leading 3M to secure future deliveries of MEA (membrane electrode assembly). The agreement with 3M secures Powercell supplies the increased demand for fuel cell stacks Powercell Powercell S1 and S2.
Powercell has signed an agreement with the global company 3M to secure larger supplies of MEA (membrane electrode assembly), used in the manufacture of Powercell's fuel cell stacks Powercell Powercell S1 and S2. The agreement with 3M will Powercell to secure large volumes of MEA, with high quality and performance.
Provides the ability to meeting the increased demand for fuel cell stacks
The agreement with 3M allows Powercell to meet increased demand from abroad, the Power Cell's fuel cell stacks Powercell Powercell S1 and S2

[ibug] 05/10/2016 14:19

German Government Announces programme for hydrogen and fuel cell technology 2016-2026

Added by FuelCellsWorks, October 05, 2016

NOW--The federal government has today decided on the government programme for hydrogen and fuel cell technology 2016 to 2026. The inter-ministerial programme on the one hand safeguards continuity for research and development, and on the other addresses the support required for market activation of the first products.


Dr. Klaus Bonhoff, Managing Director (Chair) of NOW: “The government programme builds on the successes of the first phase of the NIP (2007-16). In the NIP the degree of technological maturity of, for example, fuel cell vehicles or fuel cell heating devices significantly evolved both technically and economically and a modern branch of industry with around 500 companies and organisations was established.


The areas of activity defined in the government programme for the continuation of the NIP provide the framework for the market ramp up that has already begun.”


The implementation of the NIP is carried out through the relevant actions of the participating federal ministries. In two funding guidelines the BMVI is spending initially 250 million euro by 2019 to support hydrogen and fuel cell technology: the funding guideline for “Measures for research, development and innovation” published on 29.9.2016 as well as the funding guidelines for “Measures for market activation” anticipated by the end of 2016.

[ibug] 05/10/2016 13:15

U.S. Department of Energy Senior Official to Speak on Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles at National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Added by FuelCellsWorks, October 05, 2016

WASHINGTON -- On October 5, David Friedman, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), will speak on the history and future plans of the DOE's hydrogen and fuel cell program at the National Press Club. Automakers and hydrogen infrastructure providers will also discuss their latest plans and progress.

At the end of the briefing, participants will be invited to view two of the world's first commercial fuel cell electric vehicles – the Hyundai Tucson and the Toyota Mirai.

Chosen to represent the atomic weight of hydrogen (1.008), National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day is officially held on October 8thand will include numerous events around the country held by industry and government throughout the week.

[ibug] 05/10/2016 10:54

IoT COULD BE A HUGE MARKET FOR THE PHONE SIZE HFC'S FROM IEH


IoT Sensors Market by Type worth 38.41 Billion USD by 2022

Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 - MarketsandMarkets

According to the new market research report "IoT Sensors Market by Type (Pressure, Temperature, Humidity, Magnetometer, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Inertial, Image), Network Technology (Wired & Wireless), Vertical (Consumer IoT, Commercial IoT, Industrial IoT), and Region - Global Forecast to 2022", the IoT sensors market is expected to reach USD 38.41 Billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 42.08% between 2016 and 2022.

The major factors driving the growth of the IoT sensors market include development of cheaper, smarter, and smaller sensors, growing market for smart devices and wearables, need for real-time computing of applications, increase in demand for IoT sensors in various applications, supportive government initiatives, deployment of IPv6, and role of sensor fusion concept in IoT sensors market.

Browse 70 market data Tables and 91 Figures spread through 247 Pages and in-depth TOC on "IoT Sensors Market".

[ibug] 05/10/2016 09:39

In Britain momentum is starting to gather with the deployment of H2 powered buses and other commercial vehicles, along with refueling stations.

[ibug] 05/10/2016 09:27

Most of the leading car manufacturers such as Hyundai, Toyota, Honda etc are planning to start producing 250,000 cars each from next year to satisfy demand a ready market is going to develop led by Japan, Korea, China, Germany, France and California.

That will provide enough impetus for the market to invest in infrastructure projects.

[filster] 04/10/2016 14:56

Cheers @ibug...

"Currently very limited availability of suitable sites for HRS in London."

Of interest, there are only 8 refuelling stations in the UK.

from here : hxxp://www.carbuyer.co.uk/tips-and-advice/144957/hydrogen-cars-all-you-need-to-know

Where can I buy hydrogen?

As mentioned above, there are only eight hydrogen filling stations open to the public right now. Most of are in the south of the UK, with three in the London area (at Hendon, Teddington and Heathrow airport), another at Honda’s factory in Swindon, Wiltshire, and a fourth in Port Talbot in south Wales. Both Coventry University and Birmingham University have stations, too, while there’s also one in Nottingham. Further north, there’s a public hydrogen station in Rotherham as well.
Many more are planned, but there are still challenges in getting the required investment for what is, at the moment, a very limited market. However, 11 more will be opened this year, four of which will be in and around the London area.
It is a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation, however, as the hydrogen car market is unlikely to take off until there are sufficient filling stations, while there’s unlikely to be a huge rise in the number of filling stations until the hydrogen car market has taken off!

How much does hydrogen cost?

Obviously, individual retailers can determine prices, but you can expect to pay between £10-15 per kilogramme for hydrogen. You don’t necessarily buy hydrogen in the same way as petrol or diesel, but bear with us, everything will become clear. Taking the Toyota Mirai as an example, its tank can hold 5kg of hydrogen, so it’ll cost around £50-75 to fill up. According to Toyota, this equates to around 60mpg fuel economy, but prices are likely to drop as competition for business increases and mass production of hydrogen for this purpose becomes more commonplace.

[ibug] 04/10/2016 13:53

ESSENTIAL ENERGY WEBSITE

This IEH wholly owned subsidiary company based in India is an interesting website that looks like it has had a facelift recently.

[ibug] 04/10/2016 10:19

Mission-Ready Chevrolet Colorado ZH2 Fuel Cell Vehicle Breaks Cover at U.S. Army Show

FuelCellsWorks, October 03, 2016

Modified midsize pickup goes into extreme military field testing in 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. — 

The physically imposing Chevrolet Colorado ZH2, the most extreme off-road-capable fuel-cell-powered electric vehicle ever from General Motors, was revealed today at the fall meeting of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA). Standing more than 6½ feet tall and more than...

Continue reading this article

[filster] 04/10/2016 09:51

I don't think there are many free shares, hence why the price rose so rapidly a few weeks ago. Most of the Sells will be matched with Buys, but there doesn't seem like that much appetite to sell below the current price - so we seem to have a bit of support at 12p. I think this reflects the improved cash burn and an indication of clear funds for 12-15 months of operations (if there aren't any serious sales activities in that period - which the firm seemed confident of a achieving). It's a waiting game now.

The company seem well placed but there's just that final piece of the jigsaw puzzle which are sales or income. Of course improvement in that area should see the outlook for the company improve and they can then extend the 'current end date' when the money runs out and hopefully get improved sales and so and so on.. simple!

[dean windass] 04/10/2016 08:28

Just an observation, but yesterdays trading showed the share price rising on nothing but sells .... which seems to be what happened before this went up 106% a couple of weeks ago or so. Whereas then it seemed MMs couldn't get shares at 8p it now seems they have to raise the share price to get shares .... if someone wants into IEH and sellers at current SPs have more or less been exhausted, maybe we'll see another spike on Thursday or Friday though now IEH may be on a few "traders'" radars, there may be a lot of volume as traders take their 10% .... we'll see ... this certainly doesn't show any signs of heading down to 8p again though I suppose a "tree shake" is not out of the question ......

[dean windass] 04/10/2016 06:08

hot off the press ...

from

Electric cars stole the limelight at the 2016 Paris motor show, where manufacturers such as Mercedes, Volkswagen and General Motors made battery power the centre of their presentations.

Hyundai had its full range of Ioniq hybrid, plug-in-hybrid and electric hatchbacks on stage, but the brand's hydrogen chief maintains there is plenty of life still in fuel cell technology.

Frank Meijer, head of fuel cell vehicles for Hyundai in Europe, says the brand's follow-up to the ix35 Fuel Cell is not far away, and that it will take a different approach to the simply-converted SUV that served as Hyundai's first hydrogen-powered car.

"Two years ago when we were asked to make some plans we had two options," he says.

"We looked at a Tucson version with fuel cell, but we thought that's maybe not the best. In 2018 we will get our new vehicle."

Meijer says the new car "has SUV heritage", and that it will have links to an existing model. The full-sized Santa Fe is unlikely to get a run with the emerging technology, as it is too large for the majority of European buyers. Expect the brand's next fuel cell model to offer 10 per cent increases in range, efficiency and top speed. The latter has proven particularly contentious in Germany, as the existing model is limited to around 160km/h, making it a slow proposition on unrestricted autobahns.

ACT government orders hydrogen-powered Hyundais

Meijer says the brand's second-gen fuel cell machine "should be not much bigger" than the current ix35-based machine, and that it will reinforce the brand's range of Ioniq electric cars, rather than competing with them.

"We see it as complimentary," he says.

"At the end of the day an electric motor is in the Fuel Cell power train. Our parts are being jointly developed.

"You have to differentiate - small cars for electric and bigger cars for fuel cell. For cities like Paris or London or Oslo, an Ioniq with 280 range is already by far sufficient, and the Fuel Cell can go further."