UK Home to Use Fuel Cell Power
A UK home using hydrogen power will be coming online today. The home in Lye, near Stourbridge in the West Midlands, uses a £2,000 refrigerator-sized fuel cell unit to produce 1.5 kilowatts of electricity and three kilowatts of heat. The house uses natural gas that enters via the existing mains supply and enters into a steam reformer that generates hydrogen for the fuel cell. The electricity is fed directly into the house, while the heat warms water for taps and radiators. The project will be monitored by the University of Birmingham, which is looking at the full supply chain for producing, storing and using hydrogen in homes or cars. http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/10/10/61493/hydrogen-powered-house-opens-in-birmingham.html
Source: Fuel Cell Today
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