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AFC Energy Shares Rallied 5.7% on S+ Series, £2M ABB Funding

Simon Mugo trader
Updated 29 Mar 2023

The AFC Energy plc (LON: AFC) share price rallied 5.68% after receiving a £2.0 million follow-on investment from ABB E-mobility as part of a partnership between the two firms that started in November 2021. The investment was made via a subscription where AFC Energy issued 10 million new ordinary shares at 20p each.


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A separate release revealed that AFC Energy delivered its first high-performance, high-power density liquid-cooled fuel cells for independent validation as part of its Sales and Development Agreement with ABB E-mobility. The fuel cell system was delivered in October 2022 and has since been validated.

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After completing the latest £2 million investment, ABB E-mobility will have invested £4 million into AFC Energy and will own 15,038,760 shares, translating into 2.02% of AFC’s enlarged share capital. AFC Energy will use the capital raised to advance the development of its S+ Series fuel cell system.   

The second news release provided details about the partnership with AFC Energy, successfully delivering and validating its first cumulative 100kW Liquid Cooled Fuel Cell (S+ Series) in collaboration with partner ABB E-mobility.  

Investors cheered the news since the new commercial agreement between AFC Energy and ABB-mobility highlights AFC’s first sale to ABB and the prospective sales pipeline. The S+ Series fuel cells support the potential for high-power EV charging, critical power backup and maritime applications.

The agreement will kick off stage two of the partnership. AFC Energy will now deliver a modular 200kW high-power fuel cell system scheduled to begin operations later this year, closely followed by product certification shortly after. AFC Energy will sell the state-of-the-art 200kW hydrogen power generator unit (and battery system) to ABB E-mobility.

AFC Energy agreed to the modular fuel cell design with ABB E-mobility initially meant for high-power EV charging. However, ABB E-mobility has identified the design’s application to backup power generation, which could e a new market for the S+ Series. 

The company also intends to enter the maritime and large-scale off-grid and critical power backup markets using the S+ Series platform. AFC’s intense focus on reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) will pay off in future. 

*This is not investment advice. 

AFC Energy share price. 

The AFC Energy share price rallied 5.68% to trade at 21.290p, from Tuesday’s closing price of 20.145p.


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Simon has over six years of professional trading experience across FX, commodities and equities. He has a strong passion for financial markets and is particularly focused on price action trading