Embargoed Release: 07:00hrs Wednesday 12 March 2008
This announcement replaces the Group's `Commercial Order' announcement released
at 07:00hrs on 11 March 2008. In the Group's announcement it was explained that
the second commercial sale of the Group's HTS induction heater had been
achieved nine months after the sale of its first HTS induction heater and eight
months since the completion of the development and testing of the machine.
The sale of the Group's second machine has in fact come just six months since
the initial sale and ten months since the completion of the development and
testing of the machine. The date that the initial commercial sale was announced
has also been corrected to 24 September 2007. The rest of the announcement
remains unchanged and appears below.
Zenergy Power plc
(`Zenergy' or the `Group')
Commercial Order for Full Scale HTS Induction Heater
for Copper Processing
Zenergy Power plc (AIM:ZEN.L), the specialist manufacturer and developer of
commercial applications for high-temperature superconductive (`HTS') materials,
is pleased to announce that it has received a second commercial order for a
full scale HTS induction heater. This second order has been received just six
months after the sale of the world's first HTS induction heater by the Group,
and just ten months after the completion of the development of the patented
machine which greatly reduces the level of electrical energy consumed during
industrial heating processes used in the global metals industry. As announced
on 24 September 2007, the initial sale represented the first sale anywhere in
the world of an industrial scale commercial device employing HTS materials.
This second unit, based upon Zenergy's proprietary HTS technology, has been
adapted and upgraded from the Group's initial industrial unit (sold to Weser
Alu GmbH for the industrial heating of aluminium metal billets) to be used for
the large-scale, volume intensive industrial heating of a range of copper and
copper alloy metal billets. It is envisaged that this new machine will be
required to operate under very demanding ongoing industrial conditions. The
design work carried out to complete this adaptation and upgrade was conducted
under a commercially commissioned project, fully funded by a multibillion euro
global metals producer (the `Client'). The rapid completion of the design work
is considered by the Board to be a significant endorsement of the engineering
expertise available to the Group and its partners, proving Zenergy's capability
to produce industrial scale devices that are suitable for use in a range of
global markets with varying specific operational demands and conditions.
As announced on 26 September 2007, the Group was approached and commissioned by
the Client to adapt the initial HTS induction heater to meet its particularly
high volume heating requirements in its demanding global operational activities
within the global copper industry. The decision by the Client to commercially
commission the design work, followed a period of evaluation that confirmed to
it the potential commercial and environmental benefits that the HTS induction
heater presented to its ongoing global production operations. The Client is a
major supplier of copper and copper alloy materials to the automotive industry,
the building and construction industry, the electrical and electronic industry
and the refrigeration and air conditioning industry. The Client will install
the HTS induction heater at a newly commissioned industrial extrusion plant and
foresees significant economic, environmental and productivity benefits from the
use of Zenergy's highly energy efficient technology.
The Board considers the continuing rapid commercial adoption of the Group's
newly developed HTS induction heater as a significant and resounding
endorsement of the commercial, economic and environmental benefits brought
about by the electrical efficiencies and technological advantages of the
Group's core HTS technology; in just ten months since the completion of the
development of the world's first HTS induction heater, the Group has received
two commercial orders from two market leading global industrial metals
suppliers, serving two separate multibillion euro markets.
The Client expects that the HTS induction heater will deliver greatly reduced
heating times and considerably better temperature distributions, yielding
significantly increased productivity levels in its operational facilities.
Aside from these performance improvements, the Group has also been notified by
the Client, that the HTS induction heater is expected to create a far simpler
and lower maintenance operating regime than required by its existing
conventional machines. As previously stated, initial feedback from the metals
industry is that these performance characteristics make the Group's patented
HTS induction heater significantly advantageous when compared to traditional
induction heaters based on conventional components.
About Induction Heaters
Induction heaters are used globally and ubiquitously by producers and
manufacturers in the metals industry to heat large quantities of metal bulk
prior to carrying out processes of manipulation and shaping that require the
metal material to be softened. The softened metal is used for products
including installation pipes, heat exchangers, window frames, computer
components and profiles for the automotive, aerospace and machine building
industries.
As recognition of the environmental benefits achievable through the use of the
Group's induction heater, the initial HTS induction heater was developed and
built by Bültmann GmbH and Zenergy with the aid of the German Environmental
Fund.
By adopting HTS components in place of traditional copper ones, the Group's
induction heater operates with heating efficiency levels of 90% as compared to
conventional induction heaters that operate at efficiency levels of between 35%
and 45%. This effective halving of electricity requirement is of particular
significance when it is considered that, dependent on the country, between 1%
and 5% of the total annual electricity consumed in the industry of
industrialised countries is directly attributable to the operation of heating
equipment by the metals industry.
-Ends-
www.zenergypower.com
www.australiansc.com / www.scpowersystems.com / www.trithor.com
Further information:
Dr. Jens Müller Zenergy Power plc + 49 22 26 90 60 200
Andrew Tan Hansard Group + 44 207 245 1100
Tom Hulme Landsbanki Securities + 44 207 426 9000
(UK) Limited
About Zenergy Power plc
Zenergy Power plc is a global specialist manufacturer and developer of
commercial applications for superconductive materials. Comprising three
operating subsidiaries located in Germany (Trithor), USA (SC Power Systems) and
Australia (Australian Superconductors), Zenergy is highly focussed on the
commercialisation of a number of energy efficient applications to be adopted in
renewable energy power generation, energy distribution and large scale, energy
intensive industrial processes and achieved the world's first commercial sale
of an industrial scale HTS device in September 2007.
About superconductivity
Superconductive materials are capable of conducting electricity without any
resistance and were first discovered in 1911 in what was to prove to be one of
the most significant scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century.
The global HTS market is substantial and growing, with a number of market
studies projecting multi-billion dollar markets for the application of HTS
materials and products. The proliferation of the use of superconductor
materials is largely being driven by the following key factors:
(a) HTS materials are highly complementary to energy efficient technologies as
a substitute for copper
(b) HTS wires have power densities of over 100x that of copper
(c) Current developments are leading to substantially reduced costs in the
production of HTS wires and are targeting to be cheaper than copper over the
next few years.
(d) HTS applications deliver exceptional energy efficiencies and thus reduced
power consumption and running costs
(e) HTS technology is set to play a significant role in reducing CO2 emissions
in line with international targets
(f) HTS applications are capable of delivering vastly increased levels of power
with increased reliability and reduced material usage
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