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Why Fuel Cells
There is tremendous interest in fuel cells as a supplement and replacement to batteries fueled by a rapidly growing and expanding portable consumer electronics market that demands more power from longer lasting, environmentally benign and safe sources. The convergence of increased functionality such as video, color displays and high speed data transfer with portable convenience has widened the gap between battery power advancements and device power requirements. This phenomenon spans military, consumer portable and consumer electronics market segments and despite persistent battery safety issues, the recall of over 40MM laptop and cell phone batteries, and no viable alternative until now the global batteries and rechargers industry still exceeds $48B in sales with nearly $7B from rechargeable batteries.
Laminar Flow Fuel Cell
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INI has developed and patented an innovative Laminar Flow “stack” technology that can generate 10-250 Watts of power using methanol fuel at energy densities consistent with ever-increasing military and commercial needs. By leveraging existing battery infrastructure, the technology’s hybrid approach addresses the specific performance, manufacturability and cost issues that have until now hampered fuel cell commercialization. Key performance features include superior power density, high efficiency and reduced catalyst loading that translate into small form factor, long and uninterrupted operation and low cost.
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Cleantech Opportunity
Alternative energy remains a hyper growth global opportunity and there are now a half-dozen stock indexes tracking the clean energy sector in North America, and as demonstrated by Wilderhill’s Clean Energy Index (AMEX:PBW), Cleantech stocks continue to track the leading indexes even amidst market volatility. Several fuel cell developers have successfully leveraged this interest to access the equity capital markets despite only marketing products into the Safety and Security and Industrial markets. Subsequently those companies generating product revenues have benefited from after-market support generating liquidity for investors. INI’s product capabilities successfully enable Consumer Electronics market penetration in addition to Safety and Security and Industrial Recreation providing significant growth opportunity and return on investment. |
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