Verizon facilities across US to include ClearEdge fuel cells
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NEWS 6 Fuel Cells Bulletin May 2013 Electro Power Systems SpA, Torino, Italy. Tel: +39 011 225 8211, www.electropowersystems.com Electro Power Systems Group, Singapore. Tel: +65 6557 2315. Century Yuasa: www.cyb.com.au Verizon facilities across US to include ClearEdge fuel cells I n the US, telecoms giant Verizon is investing $100 million in a solar and fuel cell energy project to help power 19 of its facilities in seven states. When completed next year, Verizon will annually generate more than 70 GWh per annum of clean energy – enough to power more than 6000 homes – while eliminating more than 10 000 tonnes of CO 2 emissions. Verizon will work with ClearEdge Power to install PureCell ® Model 400 fuel cell systems at Verizon sites in California, New Jersey, and New York [see the feature on the PureCell Model 400 in FCB, February 2012]. The 400 kW phosphoric acid systems – manufactured by UTC Power, which was recently acquired by ClearEdge [FCB, March 2013, p8] – will generate more than 60 GWh of electricity, representing about 7 MW of power generation. The installation work for ClearEdge’s largest single-user project to date will begin shortly and continue through 2013 [see the ClearEdge Power feature in FCB, July 2011]. The fuel cell and solar products will be installed at a mix of Verizon buildings, including corporate offices, call centres, and data centres. The company aims to halve its carbon intensity – i.e. carbon emissions produced per terabyte of data flowing through its networks – by 2020. Verizon has also signed a multi-year agreement with SunPower, to deploy rooftop- and ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) systems as well as solar parking canopies at Verizon facilities in California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Arizona, and North Carolina. The systems, which will generate approximately 8 GWh of electricity per annum, are expected to be completed this year. Verizon currently operates one of the largest fuel cell sites of its kind in the US, using a 200 kW PureCell 200 power plant to supply electricity for a call-switching centre and office building in Garden City, New York [FCB, November 2005, p10]. In other news, a PureCell Model 400 power plant installed at the Western Connecticut State University campus in Danbury has been started up. The installation was completed under a 10-year Energy Services Agreement signed last summer between the university and UTC Power. The university will pay for fuel cell generation of electricity supply to the Science Building at a rate significantly below that available on the power grid, with net savings of about $25 000 per annum for the next decade. Overall system efficiency is enhanced through reuse of the thermal energy from the phosphoric acid fuel cell. The ClearEdge fuel cell installed at Western is the same model that recently began generating power at Eastern Connecticut State University [FCB, November 2011, p6]. These installations are part of a clean-energy programme in state higher education that also includes fuel cell projects at Southern and Central Connecticut State universities [FCB, November 2011, p6], which contracted for larger, molten carbonate power plants from FuelCell Energy. ClearEdge Power, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA. Tel: +1 877 257 3343 (tollfree in US), www.clearedgepower.com UTC Power: www.utcpower.com Verizon Communications: www.verizon.com SunPower Corporation: www.sunpowercorp.com Western Connecticut State University: www.wcsu.edu FuelCell Energy: www.fuelcellenergy.com SFC enhances EFOY Pro generators for industrial applications G erman-based SFC Energy has launched a new generation of its successful compact EFOY Pro fuel cell generators for demanding industrial applications. The company has responded to the requests of professional off-grid power supply users, with the guaranteed lifetime increased by 50% to 4500 operating hours, while reducing operating costs by up to 40%. The advantages of the new EFOY Pro generators are 24/7 power reliability in any weather, and extremely long system autonomy in all kinds of off-grid applications. The new EFOY Pro direct methanol fuel cell generators are available in two power versions: the EFOY Pro 800 with 45 W maximum nominal power, and the EFOY Pro 2400 rated at 110 W (20% higher than the equivalent previous model). Both models are also available as Duo versions, with two fuel cartridge connectors, which allows two 28 litre methanol fuel cartridges to be connected directly to one generator. This new feature was introduced to enable even longer, intervention-free system autonomy. An EFOY Pro 800 Duo, for example, will automatically power an application with a continuous power requirement of 25 W for 100 days without user intervention – which significantly reduces the end-user’s operating and logistic costs. The new EFOY Pro fuel cell generators are the ideal off-grid power source for applications in the oil & gas and wind industries, in environmental, measuring and sensing applications, in traffic management and telecoms [see the SFC Energy feature in FCB, January 2013]. They can be installed covertly, onboard vehicles, in a power cabinet or weatherproof outdoor box, for mobile or stationary applications. EFOY Pro fuel cell generators are also an ideal hybrid or backup power source in solar PV scenarios. For example, Massachusetts-based distribution partner Sirius Integrator is deploying EFOY Pro systems to power mission-critical covert vehicles and off-grid outdoor surveillance configurations across North America. The alternative energy solutions company says that no other remote power solution can provide such reliable, long- running, maintenance-free power for border protection applications in easily deployed portable packages. These can be located under fake rocks, for example, and greatly reduce site visits while producing a minimal heat signature. Sirius Integrator manufactures EFOY Pro enclosures for both hot southern and very cold northern border installations. Its cold-climate enclosures (suitable down to –45°C) enable operation on the northern US border and in Canada, where remote power is a significant challenge. In 2010 it worked with wind measurement technology company Second Wind to develop a backup power source using an SFC Energy fuel cell to power its Sonic Wind Profilers during long stretches of cloudy weather without sufficient sunlight to drive the built-in solar panels [FCB, July 2010, p6]. SFC Energy recently sold a series of complete outdoor energy solutions to MC Border Security in Canada, for powering mission-critical border protection equipment [FCB, April 2013, p7]. SFC Energy, Brunnthal/Munich, Germany. Tel: +49 89 673 5920, www.sfc.com EFOY Pro fuel cell generators: www.efoy-pro.com Sirius Integrator Inc, Devens, Massachusetts, USA. Tel: +1 855 747 4874, www.siriusintegrator.com PORTABLE & MICRO LARGE STATIONARY
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6Fuel Cells Bulletin May 2013
Electro Power Systems SpA, Torino, Italy. Tel: +39 011 225 8211, www.electropowersystems.com
Electro Power Systems Group, Singapore. Tel: +65 6557 2315.
Century Yuasa: www.cyb.com.au
Verizon facilities across US to include ClearEdge fuel cells
In the US, telecoms giant Verizon is investing $100 million in a solar and
fuel cell energy project to help power 19 of its facilities in seven states. When completed next year, Verizon will annually generate more than 70 GWh per annum of clean energy – enough to power more than 6000 homes – while eliminating more than 10 000 tonnes of CO2 emissions.
Verizon will work with ClearEdge Power to install PureCell® Model 400 fuel cell systems at Verizon sites in California, New Jersey, and New York [see the feature on the PureCell Model 400 in FCB, February 2012]. The 400 kW phosphoric acid systems – manufactured by UTC Power, which was recently acquired by ClearEdge [FCB, March 2013, p8] – will generate more than 60 GWh of electricity, representing about 7 MW of power generation. The installation work for ClearEdge’s largest single-user project to date will begin shortly and continue through 2013 [see the ClearEdge Power feature in FCB, July 2011].
The fuel cell and solar products will be installed at a mix of Verizon buildings, including corporate offices, call centres, and data centres. The company aims to halve its carbon intensity – i.e. carbon emissions produced per terabyte of data flowing through its networks – by 2020.
Verizon has also signed a multi-year agreement with SunPower, to deploy rooftop- and ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) systems as well as solar parking canopies at Verizon facilities in California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Arizona, and North Carolina. The systems, which will generate approximately 8 GWh of electricity per annum, are expected to be completed this year.
Verizon currently operates one of the largest fuel cell sites of its kind in the US, using a 200 kW PureCell 200 power plant to supply electricity for a call-switching centre and office building in Garden City, New York [FCB, November 2005, p10].
In other news, a PureCell Model 400 power plant installed at the Western Connecticut State University campus in Danbury has been started up. The installation was completed under a 10-year Energy Services Agreement signed last summer between the university and UTC Power. The university will pay for fuel cell generation of electricity supply to the Science Building at a rate significantly below that available on the power grid, with net savings of about $25 000 per annum for the next decade. Overall system efficiency is enhanced through reuse of the thermal energy from the phosphoric acid fuel cell.
The ClearEdge fuel cell installed at Western is the same model that recently began generating power at Eastern Connecticut State University [FCB, November 2011, p6]. These installations are part of a clean-energy programme in state higher education that also includes fuel cell projects at Southern and Central Connecticut State universities [FCB, November 2011, p6], which contracted for larger, molten carbonate power plants from FuelCell Energy.
ClearEdge Power, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA. Tel: +1 877 257 3343 (tollfree in US), www.clearedgepower.com
UTC Power: www.utcpower.com
Verizon Communications: www.verizon.com
SunPower Corporation: www.sunpowercorp.com
Western Connecticut State University: www.wcsu.edu
FuelCell Energy: www.fuelcellenergy.com
SFC enhances EFOY Pro generators for industrial applications
German-based SFC Energy has launched a new generation
of its successful compact EFOY Pro fuel cell generators for demanding industrial applications. The company has responded to the requests of professional off-grid power supply users, with the guaranteed lifetime increased by 50% to 4500 operating hours, while reducing operating costs by up to 40%.
The advantages of the new EFOY Pro generators are 24/7 power reliability in any weather, and extremely long system autonomy in all kinds of off-grid applications. The new EFOY Pro direct methanol fuel cell generators are available in two power versions: the EFOY Pro 800 with 45 W maximum nominal power,
and the EFOY Pro 2400 rated at 110 W (20% higher than the equivalent previous model).
Both models are also available as Duo versions, with two fuel cartridge connectors, which allows two 28 litre methanol fuel cartridges to be connected directly to one generator. This new feature was introduced to enable even longer, intervention-free system autonomy. An EFOY Pro 800 Duo, for example, will automatically power an application with a continuous power requirement of 25 W for 100 days without user intervention – which significantly reduces the end-user’s operating and logistic costs.
The new EFOY Pro fuel cell generators are the ideal off-grid power source for applications in the oil & gas and wind industries, in environmental, measuring and sensing applications, in traffic management and telecoms [see the SFC Energy feature in FCB, January 2013]. They can be installed covertly, onboard vehicles, in a power cabinet or weatherproof outdoor box, for mobile or stationary applications. EFOY Pro fuel cell generators are also an ideal hybrid or backup power source in solar PV scenarios.
For example, Massachusetts-based distribution partner Sirius Integrator is deploying EFOY Pro systems to power mission-critical covert vehicles and off-grid outdoor surveillance configurations across North America. The alternative energy solutions company says that no other remote power solution can provide such reliable, long-running, maintenance-free power for border protection applications in easily deployed portable packages. These can be located under fake rocks, for example, and greatly reduce site visits while producing a minimal heat signature.
Sirius Integrator manufactures EFOY Pro enclosures for both hot southern and very cold northern border installations. Its cold-climate enclosures (suitable down to –45°C) enable operation on the northern US border and in Canada, where remote power is a significant challenge. In 2010 it worked with wind measurement technology company Second Wind to develop a backup power source using an SFC Energy fuel cell to power its Sonic Wind Profilers during long stretches of cloudy weather without sufficient sunlight to drive the built-in solar panels [FCB, July 2010, p6].
SFC Energy recently sold a series of complete outdoor energy solutions to MC Border Security in Canada, for powering mission-critical border protection equipment [FCB, April 2013, p7].
SFC Energy, Brunnthal/Munich, Germany. Tel: +49 89 673 5920, www.sfc.com
EFOY Pro fuel cell generators: www.efoy-pro.com
Sirius Integrator Inc, Devens, Massachusetts, USA. Tel: +1 855 747 4874, www.siriusintegrator.com
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