[P-40]

They have a lot of good info on their website also.

http://www.fce.com/

[MrNeutron1962]

I once worked across the street from FCE, the place was always catching on fire for one reason or another.

[MrNeutron1962]

I once worked across the street from FCE, the place was always catching on fire for one reason or another.

[Ditto]

The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund selected Danbury, Conn.-based FuelCell for six power projects that would total about 68 megawatts, the company said Tuesday. The deal would be valued at $200 million if all the projects are approved, FuelCell said.

That's nearly $3 million per MW installed. Pretty damn pricey.

[Right Wing Assault]

What energy source do they use to produce the hydrogen and oxygen?

[kidd]

I used to work for their competitor, UTC (aka International Fuel Cells). I worked in life extension of PAFCs and also with contamination issues with MCFCs.

I suspect that the Direct FuelCell is either molten carbonate (MCFC) or solid oxide (SOFC). When I left (18 years ago) there were some serious materials issues with MCFCs and SOFCs. However, if the materials issues were solved then either of these were the way to go for specialty applications.

MCFCs were somewhat intolerant of sulfur and chloride compounds, and these would have to be scrubbed from the natural gas first.

These are both great for specialty applications. Using MCFCs or SOFCs for baseload power is rather senseless. The dirty little secret is that it takes almost as much energy to make a MCFC as it will produce in its useful life.

[nutmeg]

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