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INOCEL Announces the installation of its Giga factory in Belfort INOCEL, a major player in decarbonization with its revolutionary fuel cell, has announced the installation of its high-volume production plant in Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The objective is to produce the most powerful, compact, and efficient low-temperature fuel cell on the global market (300 kW) from 2024 and to reach the production of tens of thousands of units per year by 2030. In three years, the INOCEL Z300 fuel cell will be ready for production. Belfort was chosen as the location for its gigafactory, a territory known for being a precursor in the hydrogen sector and with a strong industrial ecosystem. INOCEL provides an unprecedented response to decarbonization issues for stationary electricity production, heavy land mobility, or maritime transport. Its efficient, durable, compact, reactive, and modular system already stands out in the global hydrogen solutions market. The INOCEL fuel cell overcomes technological barriers by enabling the use of hydrogen systems for industrial use cases for which there is currently no efficient solution. With a 300 kW product available from 2024, INOCEL positions itself as the only actor in the very high-power fuel cell and prepares for future generations of a 500 kW power product range. To meet the strong market demand, INOCEL announces the installation of its 4.0 production plant in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, in Belfort, in the Techn’hom business park. As a complementary product to existing solutions, the INOCEL fuel cell will help establish French and European sovereignty in hydrogen with its very high-power fuel cell solution. The company aims to produce its fuel cells at a volume, quality, and price level expected by the market. The production site of over 15,000 m² must indeed support the production of tens of thousands of units per year and provide turnkey solutions to industrialists from 2024. The annual production target by 2030 is 30,000 fuel cell systems per year. INOCEL will recruit more than 150 people by the end of 2024, 700 people by 2030, and has made the strategic choice to develop in a region recognized for its key skills and complementary industrial ecosystem. This site will complement the Grenoble R&D center of 60 employees, a technological hub close to world-class research entities such as the CEA, whose technology used by INOCEL is derived from. By choosing Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, INOCEL benefits from strong support from a territory that is a precursor in France in the field of hydrogen. The establishment of its plant will boost the employment basin as well as an industrial sector that supports a cutting-edge hydrogen industry. Finally, and in a logic of global decarbonization, the INOCEL plant is designed to have the lowest possible environmental impact.

Paris Boat Show successfully concludes for INOCEL Paris, France – The Paris Boat Show came to a successful end this past week, with INOCEL showcasing its high power 300 kW fuel cell technology and first marine demonstrator with a complete hydrogen propulsion chain. During the exhibition, INOCEL had the opportunity to showcase its fuel cell solution to a wide audience of boat enthusiasts and industry professionals, generating significant interest and excitement for its innovative product. INOCEL is proud to announce that its technology won the Innovation Prize in the Product Category at the show. This recognition is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the INOCEL team and is excited to continue bringing its hydrogen solution to different actors of the sector. INOCEL’s participation in the Paris Boat Show was an opportunity to show its technological advance in the field of hydrogen propulsion. INOCEL presented its fuel cell technology to a large audience of marine professionals, generating a strong interest and enthusiasm for our innovative product, which is a real alternative to thermal propulsion.   In addition to our success at the Paris Boat Show, we are pleased to announce that we will be participating in the next Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January 2023. This will give us the possibility to introduce our technology to a new market and to exchange with the actors of the sector.

INOCEL announces its 300 kW High Power Z300 Fuel Cell Grenoble, November 30, 2022 – After two years of research and development, INOCEL announces its first commercial product, a 300 kW fuel cell adapted for stationary, marine, heavy ground mobility, and applications. This will be the first fuel cell of such power to be commercially available by 2024. With its technology, INOCEL promises high power, compactness, modularity, efficiency, and responsiveness. INOCEL is accelerating the energy transition by democratizing high power and efficient fuel cell technologies with the ambition of contributing to the decarbonization of the planet. INOCEL believes it has a role to play in the hydrogen industry with a proposed solution that will rapidly make a difference in multiple segments. There are some use cases in heavy mobility and stationary applications where technical barriers still persist today. For this reason, INOCEL worked on a technology to overcome these challenges and to have a rapid and large-scale impact on the reduction of CO2 emissions. Built on the foundation of 25 years of R&D by the CEA, a top French research institute, 30 engineers and researchers have worked for the past two years on the development of the INOCEL technology: A high power solution made for stationary, marine, and heavy ground mobility segments, which all require power, efficiency, and durability. The four differentiating features of the Z300 Fuel Cell:– A compactness to power ratio, i.e. power for a given weight and volume 3 times greater than the market standard. Indeed, the INOCEL fuel cell delivers a power of 300 kW for a weight of 100 kg and a volume of less than 110 liters.– Modularity: this fuel cell can be integrated into systems with power ranging from 300 kW to 3 MW. Our 3MW system is packaged in a standard size container, which makes it a compact solution.– A level of energy efficiency reaching up to 60% with durability to the best market standard. This allows the INOCEL module to be competitive in terms of operating costs over the entire life of the product.– A very high responsiveness, with a rise to full power in less than 1.5 seconds. Thus, the INOCEL fuel cell can be integrated in applications requiring very low hybridization of systems, resulting in smaller batteries, limiting mass and size. INOCEL will present its first marine demonstrator during the Paris Boat Show at the Parc des Exposants de la Porte de Versailles in Hall 1 at booth F50. With equivalent power and autonomy characteristics to its thermal counterpart, this demonstrator helps INOCEL prove that a high-powered, long-range hydrogen world is possible without any concession to thermal technologies. About INOCELINOCEL is a company based in the Grenoble region that designs, manufactures, and markets high power, modular fuel cells for the stationary, marine and heavy ground mobility sectors. Its expertise includes the development of fuel cell technologies as well as the integration and dimensioning of a complete energy chain. INOCEL also supports its customers with predictive maintenance, monitoring and advanced control services. INOCEL masters the entire value chain of the fuel cell system, from the bipolar plate to the auxiliary components, which gives it a detailed knowledge of the components and allows it to control its quality and cost chain. INOCEL also participates in the development of future industry standards to stay ahead of the development of tomorrow’s products and services.More information on www.inocel.com.

INOCEL reaches its first strategic milestones Grenoble, September 27th, 2022 – INOCEL, a new player in the field of hydrogen technology co-founded by Mike HORN and Mauro RICCI, is accelerating the energy transition by democratizing high-power hydrogen fuel cells. Four months after its official launch, the company is structuring its governance and its funding to complete the first stage of its development. The company appointed an experienced Advisory Board, a dynamic and competent General Direction, and carried out a first capital increase of 10 million euros. INOCEL’s growth is in line with its strategic development plan and ambitious objectives. The team now counts 20 employees and will reach 35 by the end of the year. The company will soon move to new premises in the Grenoble area to further develop its activity. The Company will accelerate its development, optimize its existing technology, industrialize a large-scale product line by 2024 and present a first demonstrator between the end of the year and next spring. INOCEL’s demonstrators will be used to validate the performance of its hydrogen propulsion system in real-life conditions in the various target segments. The Advisory Board supports and advises the company in its strategic and operational development. The General Direction is in charge of the structuring and the operational development of INOCEL in liaison with the Advisory Board on the strategic directions of the company. INOCEL is financially, operationally, and strategically structured to achieve its ambitious goals and accelerate the energy transition. The entire INOCEL team is now ready and eager to bring to the market its high-performance hydrogen hydrogen propulsion system, in the interest of a decarbonized world. The INOCEL team in detail: