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May 15, 2006

Voller Energy Is One Of The Early British Fuel Cell Specialists

By Sally White

Voller Energy Group is unusual – it is British fuel cell specialist. Not yet for the UK the alternative energy giants that dominate the German, US and Japanese markets! The UK is late to participate in the boom, although there are now fledglings from all over the world joining the broad church that is London’s AIM market.

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Basingstoke-based Voller is one of the world’s few going for a portable fuel cell that can be used as a battery charger or mobile generator.  It already has patents for “fuel in a box”, and is seeking more. It is in discussions with a list of potential customers that includes the Ministry of Defence, and with John Brown, the retired chief executive of Speedy Hire as its chairman, also features the building equipment hirer.

Founder Stephen Voller first got the idea for portable fuel cells...