Platinum fuel cell passes competitive muster at Implats

Impala Platinum Refinery and its partners are in the last phase of financial close for the introduction of 8 MW of off-grid electricity from a platinum-catalysed fuel-cell system that will make use of natural gas from the Sasol grid. “We expect to get close and first flow of funds by March, with the system being operational by January 2018,” Impala Refining Services (IRS) fuel cell coordinator Fahmida Smith said of the over-the-fence power purchasing agreement (PPA) that the company has clinched.