FCH-JTI project FITUP: italian corporate as the coordinator
The FCH-JTI call 2009 project: “Fuel cell field test demonstration of economic and environmental viability for portable generators, backup and UPS power system applications” (FITUP), started November 1, 2010, received funding of approximately 2.5 million euros from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH-JU) with funds from the Seventh Framework Programme.
A total of 19 market-ready fuel cell systems from 2 suppliers (ElectroPS, FutureE) will be installed as UPS/ backup power sources in selected sites across the EU. Real-world customers from the telecommunications and hotel industry will utilize these fuel cell-based systems, with power levels in the 1-10kW range, in their sites. These units will demonstrate a level of technical performance (start-up time, reliability, durability, number of cycles) that qualifies them for market entry, thereby accelerating the commercialisation of this technology in Europe and elsewhere. The demonstration project will involve the benchmarking of units from both fuel cell suppliers according to a test protocol to be developed within the project. It will employ this test protocol to conduct extensive tests in field trials in sites selected by final users in Italy, Switzerland and Turkey.
The consortium consists of large and small entities which are fuel cell suppliers, end users and R&D centres for data acquisition and analysis. The partners are located throughout the EU covering a range of environmental conditions, such as those found in Italy, Switzerland and Turkey. This spread will demonstrate the viability and enable the use of fuel cell-based UPS across the EU.
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