Press Releases 2006


December

Technical update: Key performance and durability targets achieved  Ceres Power provides an update on the progress achieved in the development of its unique patented fuel cell technology


September

Ceres secures new product facility Ceres Power has secured a new ‘product facility’ to design, build and test complete products

Ceres secures regional support to help drive manufacturing scale-up  Ceres Power has secured a Grant for Research & Development from the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA), funding one third of a £600,000 programme to support the scale-up of key processes for the manufacturing of its unique fuel cells

Ceres Appoints Finance Director  Ceres Power is pleased to announce the appointment of Rex Vevers to its Board as Finance Director with immediate effect.


July

Ceres Power is presented with the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Excellence in Technology Award  Pioneering Fuel Cell Technology Underlines Ceres Power’s Receipt of Frost & Sullivan’s Excellence in Technology Award 


January

Ceres Power selected to help shape UK's energy future  Ceres Power is pleased to announce its selection as the only fuel cell company in the government’s new Energy Research Partnership (ERP), launched yesterday

 

New Ceres partnership to address UK’s long-term sustainable power needs  Ceres Power announces that it is partnering with leading engineering groups Rolls Royce and Johnson Matthey, as part of a government-backed programme to deliver innovations in sustainable power generation and supply

Ceres Power secures third contract with BOC  Ceres Power has secured a third contract with BOC, the global industrial gases group, as a continuation of a joint programme


May

Ceres Power announces wall-mountable system design under British Gas CHP programme  Ceres Power has successfully achieved a significant milestone in the design of its Combined Heat and Power product as part of the £2.7 million programme with Centrica 


March

Ceres secures £2.7 million programme with British Gas  Ceres Power announces its entry into a £2.7 million contract with Centrica plc (trading as British Gas), part funded by the DTI, to develop Combined Heat and Power (CHP) units for the UK residential market

Key technical milestone: Compact, lightweight 1kW Fuel Cell   The Company has successfully designed, built and tested a 1kW fuel cell stack (the “Ceres Stack”) generating sufficient power for the average home