Gasgoo Awards 2023 applicant:REFIRE Group PRISMA Series Fuel cell system from Shanghai REFIRE Group Co., Ltd.

Product: REFIRE Group PRISMA Series Fuel cell system 

Description

REFIRE Group PRISMA Series Fuel Cell Systems: REFIRE Group has developed two generations of fuel cell systems, ranging from 32 kW to 220 kW (expandable to 260 kW). The systems enjoy advantages in key technical indicators, with high cost-effectiveness and reliability. While providing clean power for commercial vehicles, the systems can meet requirements for sustained high-power output, long-distance operation, and wide temperature range. Currently, these fuel cell system have been applied in the field of fuel cell vehicles, especially in material handling, distributed power generation, and other areas. In addition, REFIRE Group actively expand application scenarios in aviation, maritime, construction machinery, and other fields. Backed up their excellent comprehensive performance, REFIRE Group’s fuel cell system products have been awarded the ECE R10 certificate by TÜV Nord and the "Performance Verification Certificate" by TÜV Rheinland, which is the first-ever certificate TÜV Rheinland has awarded to a fuel cell company.

Unique advantages

① Sustainable Technological Competitiveness with Products at Its Core - Global R&D team: REFIRE Group has R&D centers in Shanghai and Vancouver, with R&D personnel accounting for over 30% of the total number of employees. Among them, nearly half are highly educated individuals with master's or doctoral degrees in fields of electrochemistry, materials, mechanical power, control, and so on. - Class-leading R&D hardware: REFIRE Group boasts 31 laboratories certified by the China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS) and more than 100 sets of advanced instruments and equipment, which ensure comprehensive development, testing, verification, and trial production capabilities for systems, key components, vehicle power systems, and engineering sample vehicles. - Complete chains from materials, components, products to applications: REFIRE Group has achieved independent development and large-scale production of key components such as fuel cells, MEAs, bipolar plates, hydrogen circulation systems, and DC/DC converters. Through independent innovation and technological iteration, REFIRE Group continuously move fuel cell vehicles towards greater reliability, more stable performance, stronger safety and greater cost-effectiveness by upgrading its fuel cell products, with system power, power density, and service life being industry-leading.  - Government-level and industry-level honors and recognition: to date, REFIRE Group has been awarded the “National Enterprise Technology Center” by the National Development and Reform Commission; the second batch of national-level specialized and new "Little Giant" enterprise title recognized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China; the title of "Enterprise of Single Champion in Manufacturing Industry" by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China; the title of “National Intellectual Property Advantage Enterprise”; 2021 Shanghai Fuel Cell System Technology Innovation Center and many other national and municipal titles; in addition, REFIRE Group has garnered the First Prize of 2020 China Automotive Industry Science and Technology Progress Award, the First Prize of China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award, 2022 Shanghai Hardcore Technology Enterprises TOP100, the First Prize of 2022 Shanghai Industry-University-Research Cooperation Excellent Project, the First Prize of 2022 Shanghai Science and Technology Progress, and so on. The high-power fuel cell energy supply equipment independently developed by REFIRE Group has been listed as the first major technical equipment project in the energy field by the National Energy Administration in 2021. As the leading company, REFIRE Technology has collaborated with industry partners to undertake the 2022 “new energy vehicles” key project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the National Key R&D Program - “commercial vehicles with high-power and long-life fuel cell stacks and engine technology”, continuously innovating core technologies.    ② Build a Open, Collaborative and Win-win Hydrogen Industry Ecosystem - REFIRE Group is committed to building a hydrogen technology ecosystem in collaboration with product-end, energy-end, and scenario-end enterprises, smoothing the chains of technology development and commercial application, and building sustainable business models and scenarios. This includes the establishment of a regional low-carbon logistics micro-ecosystem with local parts companies, Sinopec oil and hydrogen station network, and BESTPATH(shanghai) IoT Technology Ltd, during the first demonstration period of fuel cell vehicle application in Shanghai. In addition, REFIRE Group works with strategic partners such as Sinopec and Shanghai Environment and Energy Exchange to build a large hydrogen application ecosystem, actively participating in transportation energy planning and hydrogen corridor construction, promoting the the Wind-Light-Hydrogen-Storage Integration Project, and carrying out carbon emission reduction methodology development certification, carbon trading system construction, and carbon finance research. - - In addition, REFIRE Group is actively tapping into global markets and establishing a global hydrogen cooperation network. So far, REFIRE Group has successfully launched various fuel cell mini commercial vehicles, buses, and heavy-duty trucks in collaboration with European partners such as Schaeffler Group. Besides, REFIRE Group has been involved in such projects as hydrogen power stations and off-grid charging for fuel cell vehicles and enjoyed a good reputation globally. -   ③  Widespread and Diversified Application Scenarios: -   To date, REFIRE Group has expanded its business presence in 20 provinces and 34 cities in China, and multiple overseas markets such as Germany, Switzerland, Croatia, Japan, and Malaysia. REFIRE products and technologies have been applied in diverse hydrogen technology fields, including automobiles, ships, construction machinery, material handling, and distributed power generation. In the automotive filed, REFIRE Group has deployed more than 4,000 fuel cell vehicles, with cumulative clean mileage of over 140 billion kilometers, reducing carbon emissions by over 83,000 tons.  -

Application

Based on actual scenario demands, REFIRE Group has developed over 140 models of fuel cell vehicles for various applications, including buses, transport vehicles, refrigerated vehicles, insulated vehicles, sprinkler vehicles, semi-trailer towing vehicles, garbage trucks, dump trucks, and so on. Besides, relying on automotive scenarios, REFIRE Group's fuel cells have been applied in material handling and hydrogen power station products, greatly enriching the application scenarios of hydrogen electric power in daily lives. These fuel cell systems have excelled in safety, reliability, cost-effectiveness and intelligence. To date, REFIRE Group has expanded its business presence in 20 provinces and 34 cities in China, and multiple overseas markets such as Germany, Switzerland, Croatia, Japan, and Malaysia. REFIRE products and technologies have been applied in diverse hydrogen technology fields, including automobiles, ships, construction machinery, material handling, and distributed power generation. In the automotive filed, REFIRE Group has deployed more than 4,000 fuel cell vehicles, with cumulative clean mileage of over 140 billion kilometers, reducing carbon emissions by over 83,000 tons.

Prospect

On March 23, 2022, the Chinese government laid out a medium-and long-term development plan for hydrogen (2021-2035), which position hydrogen as energy. According to the authoritative prediction, by 2030, the scale of the fuel cell industry will exceed trillion-yuan level, and the overall scale of the hydrogen industry will reach 5 trillion yuan. Countries around the world have also introduced relevant supportive policies for hydrogen development. According to data from the International Energy Agency, since February 2021, over 131 large-scale hydrogen development projects have been launched globally, and it is estimated that the global investment in the hydrogen sector will total $500 billion by 2030. Against such a backdrop, REFIRE Group will continue to adhere to the purpose of "becoming the leading hydrogen technology enterprise so that we can help build a sustainable planet", and build the company's competitiveness in technology, products, services, and branding, promoting the diversification and sustainable commercial applications of hydrogen technology. Meanwhile, REFIRE Group will play the role as a hydrogen industry leader, providing support for green development in more industries, sectors, and regions, contributing to the realization of carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals in China.