Bramble Energy’s PCB Fuel Cell is designed to provide a zero-emission alternative for diesel-powered vehicles and portable generators that can be made up by printed circuit board factories around the world to save costs and time to market.
Trials of the innovative fuel cell on a remotely controlled robot boat, which are believed to be a world first, are due to start in the coming months in partnership with Sea-Kit International, a leading manufacturer of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs).
The £1.37m project won £964,000 in funding from the Department for Transport through the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition in September last year [2021] but was delayed due to global supply-chain issues.
Sea-Kit USVs have a dual diesel-electric hybrid drive, which is propelled by an electric motor powered by battery banks that are charged by two onboard diesel generators. The project will replace one of the diesel generators on the Maxlimer USV with a PCB Fuel Cell...