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1. Reduced carbon footprint
When fuelled by pure hydrogen the only by-product is water. The inherent higher efficiency of a well integrated fuel cell installation can significantly reduce your carbon footprint.
2. Highly efficient
Electrochemical conversion of the fuel is more efficient than combustion so produces more electricity per kilowatt of input fuel.
In addition, heat produced can often be used in a process known as CHP or Combined Heat, Cooling and Power (Tri-generation). Overall system efficiencies can approach 90%. In addition, fuel cells remain efficient at much lower loadings than reciprocating machinery.
3. Virtually silent and vibration free
The electrochemical process used by fuel cells means there are no moving parts to generate noise or vibration.
4. Highly reliable
The lack of moving parts means fuel cells can be an incredibly reliable source of energy providing availability of over 95%.
5. High quality power
Fuel cells provide a virtually perfect sine wave for sensitive electronic equipment.
6. Cleaner
When powered by fossil fuels the electrochemical conversion produces far less pollution than the alternative combustion based technologies and when powered by hydrogen produces minimal pollution.
7. Independence from traditional infrastructure
Fuel cell systems can operate in Grid parallel or Island mode and switch easily from one to the other making them remarkably efficient as prime power for data centres and other ultra-high-availability installations. |