This must be the share of the future...........A co with 15 employees mostly Boffins with a unique product under development that has massive potential in the alternative energy sector
My only regret is that I watched the sp rocket from 11op to 210p before getting into the nose cone

MAKE YOUR OWN POWER ..........corrected post

ITM aim to reduce the cost of their electrolyser to $50/kw to $65/kw
And the cost of their fuel cell to $250/kw
ie at $1.75 =1
cost of 5kw Electrolyser around 186.....assuming $65/kw
cost of 2.5kw fuel cell around 357.......assuming $250/kw
Marcus Newborough of ITM claims the ITM electrolyser is 86% efficient at converting Kw to H2
No figures are given for the efficiency of the fuel cell but pem cells can normally achieve 60%


To make and store your own power in a domestic setting you would also need an H2 storage tank ,invertor, piping, valves and control electronics
Lets say this cost around 2000
Then
For an outlay of 2543 say 2600 it should be possible to use off peak grid power to make H2 and reconvert it back to power for use during the peak period
For a home using 6000kwh p.a
With off peak power available 70hrs/wk at 4.562p/kwh and peak power at 10.575p it can be shown that a saving of around 400 pa can be made without having to sell any power back to the grid
ie a payback of around 6.5 yrs
Further savings of around 150 could be made if the power company is prepared to buy back energy at a cost 10% below their peak rate
.......reducing the payback to 4.7 yrs
If the installation was scaled up by a factor of 2 the capital cost would probably increase by around 1.7 times and the savings would double
.....reducing the payback to around 4 yrs
And ..for evermore
The home would have a ready supply of cheap H2 at 50% of the cost of petrol for use when the hybrid car comes along

Dipping a toe into the cold cold water

I`m waiting until the sp has definitely bottomed.........even if it costs me 10p
.......with the technical update promised for Oct a bounce is surely inevitable over the next few weeks.....??

Let's hope so. This fall is well & truly over done. There is just SO much potential here!

itm now below 100p

Back in May they had to increase the amount of shares they issued because of huge demand -- placed at 320p. Raising 30m

Now mkt cap 100m take cash away 70m effectiively stock back to the 70p level reached quickly after float. Don't you love these markets

Volumes picking up in recent days give the sound of towel throwing by those eager May investors. Lovely

Better day today though Confidant...

queen1

perhaps my mail was confusing -- i'm picking up on days like Weds, taking some out on days like ytd but gradually building a position. I love the sound of towel throwing.

perhaps most worrying is heathcote -CEO is brother to PDX CEO who has just shown he puts a very positive glow on stinking figures which suggests he does not know what he is doing

let's hope the Heathcote @ ITM is more of a realist

Time will tell Confidant.

Confidant
Not defending the CEO ...but
The Heathcote at ITM timed the fund raising admirably and got enough cash to keep them going for at least 7 yrs.......This exercise drew on his real expertise as a founder of a fund investing in green businesses
Remains to be seen if he also has superior mgt skills to his brother at PDX....
....but he only need to repeat the May exercise every 7 yrs and the business could survive indefinitely

Bounce is nice :-) Plenty of stocks in small cap seem to be seeing this throwing in of towels by investors -- probably a sign that there is some appetite around to take the overhang of stock that we've had for last few months

Some bargains to be had

Hell of a surge tonight. Good news on the way tomorrow?

queen
I reckon some commercial news has leaked at the fuel cel demo promised for end Oct
Somebodies buying for sure so we may get an RNS

No further push today Goosy. I will be watching avidly :-)

here come the buyers -- same time, same place

Queen
I reckon next wk is the last chance for a PI top up before a steady rise to 200p by the year end.........
w/c 6 Nov ought to see funds come into the open
.......... if they plan to buy before the Xmas technical updates..
Why ??

.........theres no reason to wait since the shorters are unlikey to risk another big push downwards
..........Commercial news is somewhere in the pipeline
and hence sentiment driving the sp is very likely to be positive
DYOR

Research already done Goosy which is why I'm in! ITM is I feel a bit of a flier but if things pan out the right way the company could be absolutely huge in the medium to long term future. I know that I can lose 100% of my investment here but also feel I could make 2000% returns if the story goes the right way.

queen
given todays rise.........


Your last post was spot on.........hope it continues

Me too Goosy. The sp is almost back to where I bought in on the slide downwards. You never know, I could be in paper profit land by the weekend. Glad I stuck with it. 2000%? Well, you never know!

queen
I`m just above break even after averaging at 112p.........heres hoping we get a ride to 200p by the year end,,,,

ITM Power announces today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hydrogen Engine Center Inc ('HEC'), an American company that designs, manufacturers and distributes alternative fuel internal combustion engines for the industrial and power generation markets. The joint objective is to develop products for a non polluting grid independent energy system which can undergo early field trial testing.

The purpose of the MoU is to provide a platform from which the two organisations can develop their respective technologies such that they can enjoy mutual benefits. HEC anticipates that ITM can offer an assured supply of hydrogen using ITM's low cost electrolyser technology. ITM anticipates that HEC provides an early route to the provision of a complete system package using HEC's proven engine technology.

The combination of a low cost electrolyser and a hydrogen fuelled internal combustion engine could provide the essential technology to convert low-value intermittent renewable energy (wind, solar) into a reliable non-fossil energy supply.

Subject to the production of satisfactory results from the field trials, ITM and HEC will progress into detailed discussions with the intention of entering a more formal commercial exploitation arrangement.

Jim Heathcote, CEO, ITM Power Plc, said: 'We are delighted to be working with the team at HEC. I believe that the collaboration of HEC and ITM brings together complimentary technologies that could provide significant commercial opportunities for both companies in the North American and European markets.'

Ted Hollinger, President, HEC, said: 'Both ITM and HEC have been developing technologies over the past few years and are now ready to bring them to market. By combining ITM's new low-cost electrolyser with HEC's hydrogen engines, customers will have access to turn-key hydrogen-fueled systems.'