Fuel cells have long been recognized as an alternative power source. However, their promise has been slow to materialise into real products.

In 2004, SFC was the world’s first company to introduce a fully commercialised fuel cell to the market. Today the company is one of the international market leaders in mobile and portable fuel cells in a power range from 10 to 250 W, selling several thousand fuel cells per year into a wide range of applications in the leisure, industrial and defence markets. Fuel cells made by SFC are providing electrical energy globally. These are used in recreational vehicles, yachts, holiday homes, traffic monitoring systems, observation stations, measurement and early warning stations, light electric vehicles and other applications. A product by SFC was also the first fuel cell ever to be installed as original equipment in a vehicle. It powers the electrical system in the Hymer S Class RV.

SFC, which employs 75 people, is already developing portable fuel cells weighing less than 1kg.