World’s largest hydrogen fuel cell heads to Ohio |
We have talked about hydrogen fuel cells before around here. The ones we are familiar with are usually small and can barely produce enough power to charge a smartphone. The world’s largest hydrogen fuel cell is shipping to Ohio for its 5-year trial run.
The massive fuel cell is mounted inside a semi trailer and produces enough juice to run 500 homes. The actual amount of power the fuel cell produces is 1 megawatt, almost enough to send Doc Brown back to the future. The massive fuel cell produces only water as a byproduct.
It will be used to power homes in the area of Eastlake, Ohio. The fuel cell will be used to ensure uninterrupted power to the residents during high demand periods in the summer.
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Well done!
More power! for further progress of worldwide fuel cell industries
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Guys
Good news for this fuel cell but it’s not the largest in the world and there are hundreds of 200kwe and great output fuel cells installed so just saying they’re large enough to power smartphones is totally misleading.
The largest installed fuel cell is 2800kWe and these can be bundled together up to 50MWe.
Fuel cells in power, heat and cooling generation are of the present not the future and they make sound financial investments even without governmnet incentives so please spread the word that fuel cells are a viable option NOW, and will be even more cost effective in the future.
Cheers
Bill