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1970-80s |
SOFC research and testing at the CSIRO, Australia’s leading government research organisation |
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1992 |
CFCL forms as company with five founding participants, including BHP Billiton, Australian government bodies and the CSIRO. |
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1993-95 |
CFCL develops its first generation of fuel cells |
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1994 |
Most Australian state electricity utilities become partners |
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1995 |
CFCL opens additional facilities in Gippsland, Victoria, opened by Australia’s Governor General |
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1996-97 |
Second generation of cells developed to ‘internally reform’ gas, increasing efficiency |
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1996 |
New Zealand Electricity Corporation becomes a partner |
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1997 – 2000 |
CFCL successfully operates a number of kW size stacks on natural gas and propane |
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1998 |
Australian Government awards CFCL A$15M R&D Start Grant |
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1999 |
CFCL restructures to become a company limited by shares |
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1999 |
Woodside and Energex become major shareholders, other investors include companies in Japan and Germany |
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2000 |
CFCL establishes head office and factory at Noble Park, Melbourne |
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2001 |
CFCL begins developing an all-ceramic stack |
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2002 |
Commissions 38 new fuel cell test stations |
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2003 – 2004 |
CFCL develops ‘balance of plant’ for complete m-CHP systems |
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Jul-04 |
Concludes successful capital raising of AUD$25M |
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Jul-04 |
CFCL lists on the Australian Stock Exchange with shareholders around the world (ASX code CFU) |
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Aug-04 |
Subsidiary company, Ceramic Fuel Cells Europe Ltd established with offices in Chester, UK |
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Nov-04 |
CFCL signs contract for first commercial field trial of CHP unit with Powerco of New Zealand |
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Jun-05 |
CHP field trial unit launched |
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Jun-05 |
Field trial contract with EWE, Germany’s 5th largest energy company |
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Jul-05 |
Field trial contact with 40 Albert Road, Melbourne |
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Oct-05 |
Net~Gen unit launched at Grove Fuel Cell Symposium. Net~Gen is a pre-commercial m-CHP unit, less than half the size of the previous units |
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Nov-05 |
Test station alliance formed with PrecisionFlow Technologies - USA |
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March 2006 |
CFCL admitted to the London AIM market, after an oversubscribed placement raises £37m from UK and European institutions (AIM code CFU) |
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May 2006 |
Patents granted for inventions relating to ceramic powders and alternative fuels, such as LPG and ethanol. |
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June 2006 |
EWE orders 10 Net~Gen units, to develop commercial ready m-CHP products for the European market. |
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July 2006 |
CFCL is awarded the European “CE” safety approval for Net~Gen |
