Renewable Energy - Fuel Cells
Fuel Cells: The race to an energy secure future
Fuel cells are a highly efficient, combustion-less, and virtually pollution free energy source that provides electricity to power a wide array of applications including buildings, automobiles, emergency back-up systems, laptop computers, and numerous other consumer devices. In principle, a fuel cell is an electrochemical device that operates like a battery. However, unlike a battery, a fuel cell requires re-fueling, and not recharging. A fuel cell uses fuel - usually hydrogen extracted from natural gas, propane, or other carbon based fuels, and oxygen extracted from air - to produce electricity. Fuel cells will continue to produce energy in the form of electricity and heat as long as there is a constant fuel source. Hydrogen fuel cells work simply, have no moving parts, and operate silently with water and excess heat as the only by-products.
Specific industries that employ fuel cell power systems are:
Auxiliary Power
- Commercial Trucking
- Recreation Vehicles and Motor Homes
- Marine
- DOD Military
Portable Power
- Disaster Relief Emergency
- Back-up Stationary Power
Consumer
- Defense and Homeland Security
- Data Security
- Telecommunications
