Published May 2023

Birmingham-based Adelan was awarded a coveted Green Cross UK award earlier this year, acknowledging its energy transition mission to commercialise hydrogen technologies around the world. A global leader in hydrogen fuel cell innovation based in the Midlands, Adelan has been recognised among governments, organisations, the private sector, and the media for generating innovative low carbon energy solutions to the climate emergency. The Green Cross Energy Transition Award recognises the company’s contributions and leadership in energy transition towards communities and the environment.

The Green Cross Award is voted for by the Green Cross Human Impact Panel in the UK, to reward actions that transcend the path to sustainability. The announcement recognises Adelan’s work in developing low carbon products for the clean energy market and offering unique fuel cell system sales and strategic partnership to customers looking to decarbonise. “It is a pleasure and honour to be recognised in this way by the Green Cross UK,” said Dr Michaela Kendall, CEO, Adelan. “As we work together to jointly address the issue of global climate change, we must network and manage our green technology assets and mobilise them rapidly using green finance tools. COP27 brought the alignment of economic and political goals into focus, we must act now to deliver an equitable energy transition.”

As a UK Hydrogen Champion, Adelan continues to promote awareness and understanding of how hydrogen technologies and fuel can support the fight against global climate change, while securing good air quality for all at a reasonable cost.

The Executive Director of Green Cross United Kingdom, Ruy Campos-Dugone, stated: “Following the tradition of Green Cross to reward organisations that are actions oriented that transcend the path to sustainability, highlighting the efforts to avoid, prepare for, and/or address issues related to Global Change, as well as their coordinated efforts to benefit communities and the environment, we synthesize the reason why Adelan is one of the winners of our Climate Positive Awards 2022.”

For more than 25 years, Hydrogen Champion Adelan has advanced the hydrogen sector in the UK and provided customers seeking decarbonisation with unique fuel cell system sales and strategic collaborations. Adelan produces low-carbon products for the clean energy market to aid in the energy transition. Adelan works with businesses around the world to commercialise low-carbon hydrogen technologies. The businesses we work with include leaders in the energy, transport, leisure, construction and telecoms sectors. Particularly notable collaborators include Autosleepers, Calor, Sargent Electrical Services, Johnson Matthey, Aurrigo, Airbus and NiftyLift.

To discover exactly how Adelan can support your clean transport needs or deploy their clean, quiet and reliable energy system for remote, mobile or any other applications, please contact Dr Kendall and the rest of the Adelan team at:

Adelan Ltd
15 Weekin Works, 112-116 Park Hill Road, Birmingham B17 9HD (UK)
info@adelan.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 427 8033

Published November 2022

In the Midlands, energy is one of the most challenging societal issues today. The only way to solve this complex problem is through decarbonisation, which requires emerging technologies to be commercialised faster. We already have a range of green technologies that are solutions to climate change. These can be deployed quickly, with fuels that are already widely available. One technology ripe for commercialisation is fuel cells.

Fuel cells are a green technology that we can use with common infrastructure fuels as a stepping stone towards the hydrogen economy. In the future, hydrogen can be utilised as a carbon-free fuel. Using fuel cells with accessible fuels such as propane and biofuels generates energy more efficiently than technologies in use today, with far lower emissions. This also solves the intermittency of renewable energy through the creation and storage of green hydrogen from curtailed renewable energy.

The positive effects of using green technologies are threefold. Global energy security, solving climate change and eliminating air pollution. However, infrastructure Investment is vital to scale up these technologies. Without regular financial support from both private and public sectors, fledgling firms will not be able to sustain long-term growth. This could mean missing out on the multitude of benefits that is offered by green energy usage. Global leaders are regularly meeting to put pressure on the investment community into supporting green industries.

To solve climate change, we must do the same. We must ask our political representatives to improve and increase investments into green technology. We must act now.

Want to do your bit? Click here to send a prewritten email to West Midlands Mayor Andy Street.

Published September 2022

The Adelante project has been awarded more than £170,000 of funding from the ‘Red Diesel Replacement’ competition, backed by the UK’s department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The project will see Calor and Adelan deploy Adelan fuel cells, powered by Calor Futuria DME, in electrified construction platforms such as cherry pickers.

UK tax breaks that supported the use of ‘red diesel’ in agricultural and construction vehicles were eliminated in April 2022. Since then, especially with the price of diesel soaring, the construction sector has been looking for an alternative – with fuel cell generators increasingly seen as a viable option.

Adelan’s unique fuel cells are hydrogen-ready but can just as easily use here-and-now fuels such as LPG, Futuria DME or Futuria Liquid Gas (previously BioLPG), which are attracting significant market interest as a result.

Adelan, in partnership with Calor, will deploy its innovative mSOFC technology using Futuria fuels as an alternative to conventional internal combustion engines. The partnership will explore the fuel flexibility of Adelan’s mSOFC and renewable hydrocarbons, such as Futuria DME, as a low-carbon successor to diesel power.

Project Adelante will see Calor supply its Futuria DME as a 100% blend to Adelan for use in its fuel cell technology. Futuria DME has been shown to deliver CO2 savings of up to 74% compared to diesel. Adelan’s efficient fuel cells therefore offer an attractive solution as a diesel replacement for construction vehicles, as they are low-carbon, low-noise and produce no other air pollution. The project produces the optimal route to net zero construction plant by using both technology and low carbon fuels.

In addition to the use of fuel cells as a direct replacement for diesel engines, Adelan will also validate the potential for Calor’s Futuria DME fuel to be used in its generators. If successful, the application of Futuria DME could have wider benefits for the UK’s transition to clean energy, as it will enable Adelan’s technology to be deployed in the future at scale – using a clean fuel with a robust supply chain – rather than the uncertainty of future hydrogen supply chains and costs.

With the potential to be carbon negative in the future, Futuria DME is a drop-in alternative to LPG when used in fuel cells, meaning no changes to existing infrastructure or equipment are required.

The Adelante project will further strengthen the Calor and Adelan partnership. The two companies previously worked together to help replace diesel generators for low-carbon off-grid power generation. Calor continues to support the project, supplying Futuria Liquid Gas to Adelan fuel cell trials to replace diesel generators – particularly in Clean Air Zones – at a lower cost, with more straightforward storage and transportation options than hydrogen.

Commenting on this partnership, Alastair Lovell, Head of Sustainable Fuels at Calor, said: “With the construction sector accounting for almost a quarter of all global carbon emissions, a more sustainable replacement to diesel is needed.

“This exciting partnership will see Adelan’s technology explore the potential for renewable hydrocarbons such as Futuria DME within fuel cell technology, paving the way for more sustainable, cleaner energy source for the next generation of construction vehicles. This is just one of the many ways Calor is supporting different industries to make the transition to use more sustainable fuels, driving the change required for a better future, and meeting our aim to offering all our customers 100% renewable energy solutions by 2040.”

Adelan CEO, Dr Michaela Kendall commented: “Fuel cell technology offers a potent solution as a diesel replacement for construction vehicles. Low-pollution, low-carbon, low-noise and efficient, fuel cells present a host of benefits while Adelan’s patented hydrogen-ready technology allows equipment providers to be ready to take advantage of cleaner low-carbon fuels as they emerge.

“Futuria Liquid Gas is a renewable fuel that is chemically identical to LPG and Futuria DME is chemically similar. Both can help reduce local air pollution, as well noise and carbon, all achieved at lower costs than comparable diesel systems. These solutions will eliminate the need to wait for hydrogen supply capacity to build up, providing low-carbon off-grid power sooner, and at a fraction of the cost or hassle of hydrogen.”

Find out more about how Adelan is working with Calor here.

This article was written and published by Calor, which can be found here.

To discover exactly how Adelan can support your clean transport needs or deploy their clean, quiet and reliable energy system for remote, mobile or any other applications, please contact Dr Kendall and the rest of the Adelan team at:

Adelan Ltd
15 Weekin Works, 112-116 Park Hill Road, Birmingham B17 9HD (UK)
info@adelan.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)121 427 8033