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Mid-sized installations for commercial and larger buildings (5 - 400 kW)

No.

Parameter

Unit

State of the art

FCH 2 JU target

2012

2017

2020

2024

2030

1

CAPEX

EUR/kW

6,000 - 10,000

5,000 - 8,500

4,500 – 7,500

3,500 - 6,500

1,500 - 4,000

2

Lifetime

years of

plant

operation

2 - 20

6 - 20

8 - 20

8 - 20

15-20

3

Availability

% of the

plant

97

97

97

97

98

4

Durability of key component (stack)

khrs

25

30x

50

60

80

5

Reliability

MTBF

(hrs)

10,000

20,000

30,000

50,000

80,000

6

Electrical efficiency

% LHV

40-45

41-55

42-60

42-62

50-65

7

Thermal efficiency

% LHV

24-40

24-41

24-42

24-42

30-50

8

Maintenance costs

EUR Ct/kWh

8.6

7.6

2.3

1.8

1.2

9

Tolerated H2 content

in NG

%

(Volume)

50%

50%

100%

100%

100%

10

Land use/ footprint

m2/kW

0.25

0.15

0.08

0.07

0.06

Notes:

From 1 to 9 please refer to the definitions of the previous table

10. Base surface (width x depth) occupied by the stationary fuel cell module per unit of rated electrical capacity.