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Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited 3rd Quarter Trading Update

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Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited
25 July 2011
25 July 2011
Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited
Quarterly Trading Update and Cashflow Report
Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (AIM / ASX: CFU) a leading developer of high efficiency and low emission power products for homes and other buildings, today released its trading update and quarterly cashflow report for the period ended 30 June 2011.

The cashflow report is available at www.cfcl.com.au .
A webcast interview with Managing Director Brendan Dow is also available at www.brr.com.au/cfu .
Highlights
-- BlueGen orders received growing rapidly - 190 percent increase from last quarter
-- Total of 206 BlueGen orders received at 25 July
-- Order for 100 units from sanevo in Germany
-- Follow on order for 25 units from Ausgrid in Australia
-- BlueGen distributors appointed in Germany, the United Kingdom and The Netherlands
-- Australian carbon price and clean energy funding announced to boost the deployment of low emissions technologies like fuel cells
-- BlueGen passes technical review for MCS approval in the United Kingdom
-- Real world operating data confirms world's highest electrical efficiency
-- BlueGen assembly plant operational in Germany
-- New non-executive Directors boost marketing and financial skills and experience
1. BlueGen Sales
The Company's first product is a modular power and heat generator called BlueGen(R) , which uses patented technology to convert natural gas into low emission power and hot water for homes and other buildings. One BlueGen can provide about double the electricity needed each year by the average home in Australia (and three times as much as the average home in Europe). Excess power can be exported to the grid, plus BlueGen also provides hot water for an average family's needs.

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Although ceramic and clay tiles are usually associated with the Mediterranean countries, shingle roof tiles have long been used in home construction in the colder, wetter regions of England, Germany and France. These highly durable tile shingles are made from kiln-fired clay like their Mediterranean counterparts; they may also be made from concrete.

Roofing materials made from clay and ceramic go far back into history, and appear to have originated in several different places. From Egypt, the practice of manufacturing roofing material from these materials spread throughout the Mediterranean. Tile roofing was also common in the Indus River Valley of present-day Pakistan, and could be found in China and Japan as well.

English Style

English roof tiles are an ancient tradition that goes back as far as Norman times. Since the 1200s, English roof tiles have been found primarily on the lavish homes of nobles and aristocrats. It is possible to find English roof tiles in a range of colors and shapes; these look fine on almost any style of home.

French Shingle Tiles

French houses that are most likely to have tile roof shingles are those located in Provence and other rural areas in the southern region of the country. At least one company in France has been manufacturing shingle roof tiles for over 450 years. Like their English counterparts, French shingle tiles can be made in a number of different shapes, sizes and colors, depending on the pigments used during the manufacturing process.

German Shingle Tiles

While Roman culture was a strong influence in Gaul and Britannia - provinces that eventually became France and England - the Romans were unable to expand their empire much further north than the Rhine River. Therefore, when the concept of tile roof shingles finally arrived in the various Teutonic countries that would eventually unite to become modern Germany in the 1870s, they developed into unique forms that bore little resemblance to Mediterranean roofing tiles.

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