McKesson Canada Adopts Fuel Cell UPS System from Dantherm

It has been reported that Dantherm Power has recently delivered fuel cell  backup power system to McKesson Canada.

The system will ensure the organisation’s data servers and Call Centre, which provide critical service and distribution in Toronto, Canada, are supplied with constant power.

“The application of fuel cell technology in UPS solutions looks set to be a cost-effective way of providing reliable power for all our needs at McKesson,” says Dimitris Polygenis, VP McKesson Specialty in Canada.

The McKesson Canada project is supported by the Ontario Fuel Cell Innovation Program and has approvals from the TSSA. In addition to the backup system from Dantherm Power, a hydrogen generation system manufactured by local Ontario firm, Electric Hydrogen Inc. of Burlington, has also been installed. The system produces and stores hydrogen onsite using water electrolysis, which ensures that McKesson always has eight hours of available backup power. This integrated system eliminates the need to deliver hydrogen fuel to the site.

The McKesson data centre project is part of Dantherm Power’s participation in CanDan, the joint Canadian-Danish initiative for hydrogen and fuel cell technology. Ontario, in conjunction with the Hydrogen Village project, and British Columbia are the first provinces to benefit from the initiative with three sites planned or operational.

Source: Fuel Cell Today