Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies Corporate Presentation

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Horizon Corporate Presentation

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Contents

Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies – Company …………………………………………………………………….….3

What is a Fuel Cell? ………….………………………………………………………………………….……….............4

Why Fuel Cells? ………………….………………………….………………………….………………………….………….5

The Hydrogen Economy ………….…………………………………………………………………………………………6

Horizon 10 Year Evolution ………….……………………………………………………………………………………..7

Horizon Product Lines ………….……………………………………………………….…………………………………..8

Why we believe in Education Products ……………………………………….………………………….………....9

Advanced Kits………….……………………………………………………….…..………………………………........10

Junior Kits ……………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………..11

Toy Cars ……………………………………………………………………..…….………………..…….………………….12

Product Customization …………………………………………………….…………………….…………………………13

Horizon Projects…………………………………………………….…………..…………………………………………….14


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Introduction

Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies Pte Ltd was founded

in Singapore in 2003 and currently operates five

international subsidiaries, enabling several markets

with fuel cell products and on-demand hydrogen

solutions. The company has emerged as one of the

world's largest volume producers of commercial

fuel cell products, serving retail, industrial and OEM

customers in over 65 countries.

• Global HQ in Singapore –150 staff – base in

Europe is Prague

• A global team that is turning fuel cell

technology into commercial products today

• The world’s largest producer of fuel cells <1kW

• A powerful technology platform enabling

several market-focused businesses

• A source of product innovation for many

established brands & corporations


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What is a Fuel Cell?

A fuel cell is an electrochemical system that

converts hydrogen and oxygen into water, and

the process creates electrical energy. There are a

variety of different types but all work in roughly

the same way:

• Hydrogen atoms are separated into electrons

and protons

• The electrons are redirected around a circuit

to power the application

• The electrons and protons are reunited and

oxygen is introduced

• Hydrogen + Oxygen = water! Unlike lithium

batteries the only byproduct of the fuel cell

system is simply H2O—making fuel cells one

of the cleanest energy solutions on the

market!


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Why Fuel Cells?

• Very high efficiency (up to 80 %)

• Many different types of fuel sources

and supply methods

• Highly scalable design

• No pollutants!

• Low maintenance – no moving parts

• No need to recharge – instant power

when supplied with fuel


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Hydrogen Economy

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in

the universe, the obvious choice to replace

our dependency on fossil fuels. It can

provide energy for all parts of the

economy: industry, residences,

transportation and mobile applications. It

can replace oil based fuels used for

automobiles and provide heat and power

to homes and communities.

On top of all this, hydrogen can be

produced from entirely renewable energy

sources as we try to demonstrate in our

Renewable Energy Education Kit and the

Horizon Energy Box.


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Horizon's 10 year evolution


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Horizon Product Lines

Education

Products

Aerospace

& Defense

Off-Grid

Portable

Power

Stacks &

Stationary

Power

Mobility

• Metal hydride cartridges to replace lithium batteries

• Desktop refueling stations to supply on demand hydride cartridge refills

• Off-grid backup power capable of remote monitoring

• Comprehensive range of education kits demonstrating renewable energy technology

• A line of fuel cell cars, each demonstrating fuel cell automotive technology

• User friendly yet detailed energy measurement devices

• Advanced developer hobby kits for enthusiasts and technology colleges

• NASA-backed project to integrate fuel cell technology into unmanned

small electric aircraft

• Lightest and most energy dense fuel cells on the market

• Custom engineering projects for a whole range of aircraft types

• “Off the shelf” fuel cell stacks with some of the highest power densities in the world

• Ultra light, ultra compact fuel cells designed for efficiency competitions

• Specialist fuel cells for vehicles and technologies where weight is a crucial factor

• Productive partnership with Arcola to integrate fuel cell technology into an

affordable, convenient city car

• Fuel system designed to hybridize and significantly extend the range of electric bikes


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Why we believe in Education Products

Maintaining a vibrant education and toy range is

something Horizon is passionate about. There are

so many reasons, but three key ones would be:

✓ Increases awareness just not of Horizon products

but of the amazing potential of fuel cell technology.

✓ Challenges young scientists to explore the

hydrogen science and perhaps inspires today’s

students to become the industry innovators of

tomorrow.

✓ Helps Horizon’s own development processes.

Making toys and games is about stripping down

the technology to its basics to build simple systems

that best illustrate the principles of the technology.

It’s a great discipline, helping Horizon to

understand the technology better and maybe even

providing some surprising insights that can be

integrated into more complex projects.


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Junior Kits

With customers in over 65 countries,

Horizon's experiment kits have an

international reputation for quality,

educational content and award-winning

design.

Together with clean energy experts and

specialized educators, Horizon developed high

value educational content and teacher

manuals that bring renewable energy science

activities to the classroom.

All our products include a comprehensive

textbook (CD-ROM) covering renewable

energy science experiment manuals, teacher

notes and classroom guides, animated flash

demonstrations, and more. Our quality

content complements the award-winning

educational kits developed over the course of

8 years.


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Advanced Kits

For hobbyists and technical schools Horizon has developed a portfolio of advanced fuel cell products. These range from metal hydride cartridges and desktop hydrogen refueling to various kits for creating hybrid technology.

By partnering with schools and engineering competitions we are able to constantly refine our offering, supplying more efficient hydrogen technology and more flexible integration platforms.


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Toy Cars

Horizon’s RC range demonstrates the ease and convenience of hydrogen refueling as each comes with a

separate station that generates hydrogen through water electrolysis. Education-focused products like the

H-Racer, let kids build their own fuel cell car! From the gas tank, to the super capacitor to the fuel cell,

the science is on display. Electrolysis, ionization, electrical circuits, energy conversion— a host of

essential principles in one, cool toy. Then there’s our latest car, the i-H2GO, which does away with the

traditional RC control in favor of an easy-to-use smartphone app.


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Product Customization

AIR LIQUIDE is the world's largest supplier of industrial gases, including Hydrogen, with operations on all continents. Horizon has worked to develop an internal promotion tool, used among its 43,000 staff base around the globe. Sales of the AIR LIQUIDE Minipak began on December 2012.

After successfully introducing MINIPAK to camping / outdoor channels in the US and Europe, leading outdoor gear brand BRUNTON is now launching the BRUNTON REACTOR, designed in cooperation with Brunton and Horizon, and manufactured by Horizon.

Volkswagen will use customized i-H2GOs for their “Think Blue” initiative– a project intended to encourage the implementation of renewable energy and efficiency improvements. The i-H2GOs will run in various hydrogen fuel cell vehicle races held at events across the Czech Republic. The winners receive their very own i-H2GO!


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Hydrogen Projects

In collaboration with the SHELL Eco-marathon champions, Horizon has developed several generations of ‘XP’ series stacks. Over the last 2-3 years XP-powered vehicles have been placing first, second and third place, in some cases, consecutively.

Horizon, 3DClassworks, 1080 Education, YESA and HySASystems have joined forces to support Destination Zero Carbon. Students from all over the world pit their wits, creativity and technology acumen against each other in a hybrid vehicle design competition. From RC cars to full scale vehicles all ages and ability levels are catered for in this groundbreaking project.

24h de St Jo is an RC car construction and racing challenge, using Horizon’s H-Cell 2.0 fuel cell system and hybrid integration technology. It’s been praised by the French Minister for transport the organizers, St Jo Lycée, are looking to expand the competition across the channel to the UK.

Contacting Horizon:

Horizon Fuel Cell EuropeVáclavské náměstí 1110 00 Prague, Czech RepublicTel: +420 222 530 490Email: [email protected]

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