ACAL Energy

FT: UK seeks to keep lead in fuel cells

Britain is staking its claim to lead the race to find a carbon-free car engine by bringing two innovative hydrogen power companies together.

Acal Energy, which has developed a cheap fuel cell, and ITM Power, an Aim-listed maker of hydrogen for fuel, have been given £500,000 – with the promise of up to £5m more – by the Carbon Trust, a government-funded body, to combine their technologies to create the breakthrough needed for mass market scale. They are working with an unnamed Japanese carmaker……