Company Information

Company Interest:
Since 1990 MTU have been developing a practical and transportable power plant carbonate fuel cell in collaboration with the companies Ruhrgas, RWE Power and Energi E2. It runs off any kind of fossil fuel gas and can produce up to 2 megawatt of electrical power.

Achievements in 2001:
Second HotModule field trial installation in operation!
The MTU HotModule fuel cell power plant has been supplying the Rhön-Klinikum hospital in Bad Neustadt with power and heat since May 2001. It marks another milestone in the development of efficient, low-emission energy generation systems.

News at HANNOVER FAIR 2002:
On a 130 sq big booth - together with DaimlerChrysler - MTU will talk about technic, emission, efficiency and operationfields of the fuel cell power plant HotModule.

(from left to right) Torsten Bardewyck, MTU, Project Manager New Technologies, Energy Conversion, Fuel Cell New Products and Application; Johannes van Bergen, Managing Director of Schwäbisch Hall City Department of Works; Hartmut Baumann, Schwäbisch Hall City Council FWV and member of the Economy Sponsorship Association; Hans Georg Reber, Schwäbisch Hall City Council CDU and member of the Economy Sponsorship Association;, Michael Bode, Head of MTU Division New Technologies; Dr. Michael Gnann, MTU Friedrichshafen; Hermann-Joseph Pelgrim, Schwäbisch Hall City Mayor and Chairman of the Economy Sponsorship Association.

Torsten Bardewyck (middle) from MTU showing a visitor the hotmodule Fuel Cell power plant. The hotmodule has an electrical efficiency of 47% to 65% as well as the capability to produce process steam and heat with a low emission of pollutants and noise.

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The MTU hotmodule attracts many visitors to the MTU booth.