Energy storage including Fuel cells Features for July 2009

Energy storage including Fuel cells Features Archive

EfW: could biogas be used to power fuel cells? EfW: could biogas be used to power fuel cells?

One of the major problems for fuel cells is the fuelling infrastructure itself. Hydrogen – the fuel of choice from an environmental or energy efficiency perspective – is not yet widespread enough to drive fuel cells towards the mainstream, and other fuel choices such as natural gas are equally problematic. But one fuel cell company in the USA has found an answer by powering fuel cells with biogas derived from a number of different applications.