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BlueGen chosen to power Amsterdam's leading sustainability home
A consortium of innovative companies has installed a gas-to-electricity powerplant in a 17th century canal house "De Groene Bocht" in the centre of Amsterdam. This power plant uses the world's most efficient fuel cell technology to convert gas into electricity and heat.
The technology - BlueGen - enables "De Groene Bocht" to produce most of the electricity it needs, on site. It is the first time that this technology has been applied in an office environment.
The electrical efficiency of the BlueGen unit is over 60 percent, the highest electrical efficiency of any such technology in the world. In addition, the recovered heat is used for domestic hot water, bringing the total efficiency above 85 percent.
Besides the benefits of distributed generation of electricity (no costs of centralised production and distribution) the new fuel cell technology provides a direct carbon emission cut of more than 50% compared to the net carbon emissions in the Netherlands. In the short term the unit will run on green gas making the unit's operation climate neutral.
BlueGen units are manufactured by the Australian/German company Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited.
This project fits well with the strategy of the various parties in the consortium - Cool Endeavour, Eneco, Liander, GasTerra and Amsterdam Smart City, to accelerate the energy transition. In this energy transition the use of green gas and controllable decentralized energy are the key components to balance the fluctuations in the supply of solar and windpower.
Paddy Thompson, General Manager Business Development at Ceramic Fuel Cells, said:
"The integration of BlueGen into De Groene Bocht proves that the technology needed to create electricity and heat in a low-emission, highly efficient way exists today, and its use is a significant step towards achieving far-reaching cost and environmental benefits at home and in the workplace. "This is an important first step into the heritage market for BlueGen which can help older buildings - which have notoriously poor carbon emission credentials due to their age - substantially improve their carbon footprint."
Matthijs Guichelaar at Cool Endeavour, said:
"This is the first time a fuel cell has been installed in an existing Dutch officebuilding. It is expected that in the near future more companies will follow the lead of "De Groene Bocht". The technology is likely to develop into a mass-market product and should make an important contribution to the transition to a more sustainable economy."
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