Press Release
Dr J Byron McCormick Joins ACAL Board of Directors
Well-known Fuel Cell Expert Appointed Non-Executive Director
11 May 2010
Cheshire, UK – May 11th 2010 – ACAL Energy, the developer of affordable and reliable Fuel Cell Engines based on platinum free FlowCath® technology, announced today the appointment of Dr. J. Byron McCormick to its Board of Directors. Byron is well known in the automotive industry, bringing with him 35 years of basic research, product development, manufacturing and operations experience, the last 25 years of which have been in advanced automotive systems, electric vehicle propulsion systems, fuel cells and hydrogen. Most recently he was Executive Director of General Motors’ fuel cell car development team, which at one time comprised up to 1,500 engineers, technicians and support staff. He has also been a member of the U.S. Energy Department's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee.
Byron was a significant contributor to GM’s development of the EV-1, the first mass-produced electric battery passenger vehicle, and has an unmatched understanding of the issues and market potential of both fuel cell and battery car technologies, fields in which he is recognized as one of the leading experts. He remains a strong advocate of both technologies, but believes that fuel cell automobiles are the most likely to offer the right levels of cost, performance and convenience to compete with gasoline and diesel powered engines.
Byron will join the Board of ACAL as the Carbon
Trust Investments’ appointed
non-executive director, and will also serve as a technical and business consultant
to the Company. He will work closely with the CEO and the technical team
to assist in target setting, providing technical guidance and reviewing progress
to ensure that technology development meets both near-term stationary power and
longer-term automotive market needs.
“We are delighted and very fortunate to have Byron join our team”,
says Dr. SB Cha, CEO of ACAL Energy. “Byron’s professional
achievements and his conviction in the substantial role of fuel cells in
the future energy mosaic make him the ideal counsel to myself and the Company. With
Byron’s
guidance, I am more confident than ever that our technology will deliver
fuel cell engines that are as low cost and reliable as conventional combustion
engines.”
ACAL Energy’s FlowCath® technology replaces up to 90% of the platinum catalyst in a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell with a low cost, durable liquid chemical. The Company has recently announced several important technical milestones in power levels and run times. A model hydrogen fuel cell system was shown at Japan’s FC EXPO in March.
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For further information, please
contact Amanda Lyne at ACAL Energy:
Tel: +44 (0)1928 511581
E-mail : alyne@acalenergy.co.uk
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About ACAL Energy Limited
ACAL Energy is a developer of a new fuel cell technology that will
enable low cost and highly reliable fuel cell systems for a wide variety of
applications. The company was founded in August 2004 by FlowCath® inventor
Dr Andrew Creeth and is headquartered in Runcorn, UK.
Fuel cells are a highly efficient and clean energy production technology capable of replacing combustion engines in applications including remote and distributed power and residential cogeneration, as well as automotive and mobile power applications. FlowCath® replaces the expensive precious metal catalyst found in conventional fuel cells with a proprietary low cost liquid catalyst. This not only reduces the cost of the fuel cell, but also provides significant durability and reliability benefits through system simplification and the elimination of the most common failure mechanisms found in standard fuel cells.
FlowCath® is a registered trademark of ACAL Energy Ltd.
www.acalenergy.co.uk
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