Doesn't help that it takes more energy to produce the hydrogen than the fuel cell will produce from the hydrogen. It would have been better to install solar cells. Nice try Fujitsu.
exactly. they're boasting about using clean power, but the only difference is that the CO2 emissions come from the "hydrogen-making plant" (whatever it's called ^^)
This is actually a pretty interesting device. It runs on natural gas (or something called anaerobic digester gas) which is then converted to hydrogen and run through the fuel cells. I was doing research a while back on using natural gas to generate electricity at home and determined that using microturbine technology to generate the electricity, you could cut your energy costs by about 75% (not bad for those of us that have a $400 + utility bill in the summer). I've been trying to find alternative energy sources to save money for our neighborhood and this may be a practical solution (while we wait for the $/watt of solar to come down).
"Free fuel" That’s what anaerobic digester gas (ADG) is for the PureCell™ Model 200 solution. ADG is a byproduct of the wastewater treatment process and contains methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases.
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rotasman @ Aug 17th 2007 9:06PM
Doesn't help that it takes more energy to produce the hydrogen than the fuel cell will produce from the hydrogen. It would have been better to install solar cells. Nice try Fujitsu.
Craig @ Aug 17th 2007 9:23PM
exactly. they're boasting about using clean power, but the only difference is that the CO2 emissions come from the "hydrogen-making plant" (whatever it's called ^^)
Adam @ Aug 19th 2007 3:38AM
This is actually a pretty interesting device. It runs on natural gas (or something called anaerobic digester gas) which is then converted to hydrogen and run through the fuel cells. I was doing research a while back on using natural gas to generate electricity at home and determined that using microturbine technology to generate the electricity, you could cut your energy costs by about 75% (not bad for those of us that have a $400 + utility bill in the summer). I've been trying to find alternative energy sources to save money for our neighborhood and this may be a practical solution (while we wait for the $/watt of solar to come down).
Adam @ Aug 19th 2007 3:38AM
Oh, and I just noticed this
"Free fuel"
That’s what anaerobic digester gas (ADG) is for the PureCell™ Model 200 solution. ADG is a byproduct of the wastewater treatment process and contains methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases.