Fuel cells Berlin
Fuel cells generate electricity and heat with extreme efficiency, while avoiding the emission of pollutants. An exciting project in Berlin is paving the way for future sources of energy.
Fuel cell technology, the conversion of chemical energy into electricity and heat through reverse electrolysis, is an example of Distributed Generation (DG) that may play an important role in the future.
Looking to the future
At Vattenfall, we started to test and evaluate stationary fuel cells for small Combined Heat and Power plants early. Customers are very interested in the technology, and we feel the market will grow once the technology matures. However, the life span of power plants has to be higher and investment costs lower before fuel cells can be introduced to a broad market.
Fuel cells Berlin
In June 2000, the first European 250 KW fuel cell was deployed as part of a 36-month research programme in Hamburg. Following the successful conclusion of this programme, we are now testing a second technology. In 2004, we collaborated with our partner E.ON Energie and the producer MTU CFC Solutions to open a new fuel cell system at Innovation Park Fuel Cell in Berlin. This is the world's first high-temperature fuel cell running on methanol. The new technology is now being tested, and the system will run for a number of years in connection with the existing power and heating plant. The methanol used to fuel the system comes from the SVZ waste-processing plant, where it is produced from waste and biomass.
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