AFC Energy (LON:AFC) said it is fast-tracking the development of the world’s largest alkaline fuel cell system.
The demonstration date for the POWER-UP Project, at Air Products' industrial gas plant in Stade, Germany, has been set for next December - around 18 months earlier than originally planned.
First power from the KORE system, designed to produce 240 kilowatts, is expected by July 2015.
This, AFC said, will require “rapid deployment” of its in-line volume fabrication processes, which will enable more fuel cells to be produced than was originally anticipated.
Newly-appointed chief executive Adam Bond said: "Delivery of the KORE and POWER-UP programme is essential to the validation of AFC Energy's leading alkaline fuel cell technology.
“There is a lot of work still to be done before we are able to confirm achievement of our POWER-UP objectives, however, an operational reference project by the end of next year will significantly accelerate our plans for commercial deployment and market penetration."