One of the first state-supported fuel cells in Niederaula in operation

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Power plant for the home
One of the first state-supported fuel cells in Niederaula in operation
Niederaula. One of the first state-supported fuel cells in Hesse runs in Lower Hall recently. Operator Mario Reinicke, has introduced the new technology to generate electricity and heat generation, which is installed in a residence of Provita 21 yesterday representatives from politics and energy. The guests included the Hessian Secretary of State Mark Weinmeister Europe (CDU) and the CDU Member of the European Parliament, Thomas Mann.


Electricity and heat from own production: The new fuel cell in Niederaula survey (from left), the Hessian Europe-Secretary of State Mark Weinmeister, Ceramic Fuel Cells Gechäftsführer Andreas Ballhausen, the MEP Thomas Mann, owner Mario Reinicke, Siegmund Laufer from energy suppliers EAM and Mayor Thomas Rohrbach. Photo: Eisenberg

The manufacturer Ceramic Fuel Cells system works on the principle of combined heat and power. In addition to a natural gas fired wall mounted heater, they also require a fuel cell is used.

In contrast to conventional cogeneration the natural gas is not combusted therein, and generates the power by the electromagnetic principle in a generator, but the electricity is generated by electrochemical reactions.

The cell producing more electricity than heat, explains Tobias Bätz of the same low Aulaer building services company that installed the system. The fuel cell will interesting to private households. There have been wanting for so far obtained in the Cogeneration amounts of heat to customers.

Each year, the fuel cell provides 13,000 kilowatt hours of electricity and 5,000 kilowatt hours of heat. The heat is consumed in the hot water circuit of the building.Exceeds the electricity consumption by individual building, it is fed into the public grid.

According Ceramic Fuel Cells board member Andreas Ballhausen the heating system uses 30 to 40 percent less fuel than the oil heating from 1986 that was previously installed in the building. In addition, carbon dioxide emissions would be reduced by half.

One of 33
The new fuel cell in Lower Hall is one of 33 micro power plants that support the state of Hesse with money from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Of the more than 28,000 euros, which has cost the fuel cell heating without installation, half comes from the production wells. The building, which was originally a doctor's villa and later served as a community center of the Protestant community, the installation was connected with additions and renovations, an energetic renovation and installation of underfloor heating. The fuel cell will also be integrated with comparatively little effort into existing heating systems according to the manufacturer though.

By Jan-Christoph Eisenberg