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The latest stories about BOC can be accessed here.
- Manchester school students set out to convince industry experts they had a novel way to store electrical energy – a key challenge for the renewable energy industry – at the final of this year’s BOC Science Challenge. The event, held at the company’s Manchester offices on Friday 27 January, explored how gases could be used to store the electricity produced, for example in wind farms, for later use. Read more about the final of the BOC Science Challenge
- BOC has launched the Hymera DC, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell system capable of delivering 150W of DC power in off-grid and remote locations. The new system is ideal for powering a wide range of applications, particularly monitoring. Read more about the BOC Hymera DC hydrogen fuel cell
- The Maypole Inn at Thurloxton near Taunton is celebrating winning BOC’s competition to find the pub that serves the best pint in Britain. The prize was an evening’s entertainment paid for by the industrial gas company’s hospitality division, BOC Sureserve. Read more about the evening's entertainment at The Maypole Inn
- Storing the electricity produced by the renewable energy technologies is a major challenge for sectors such as wind power. In this year’s Year 9 Science Challenge, run by industrial gases business BOC, George Abbot School in Guildford won the trophy by outlining how they would use hydrogen to store energy and power a new generation of transport in the UK. Read more about the Year 9 Science Challenge
- BOC is joining Alstom and Drax as a co-developer on the 426 MW oxy-fired carbon capture and storage (CCS) project currently under development at the Drax site in North Yorkshire. BOC was selected following a competitive process and brings world-leading technology in the field of air separation, as well as complementary plant engineering and integration capabilities from its parent The Linde Group that will further enhance the deliverability of the project. Read more about the CCS project
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For general enquiries about BOC please telephone 0800 111 333 or email: custserv@boc.com
For media enquiries, please contact:
Susan Tyzack, BOC Communications Manager.
Email: susan.tyzack@boc.com
Simon Napper, BOC External Communications.
Email: simon.napper@boc.com
