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| Savannah River Lab to build hydrogen power system
DOE's Savannah River National Laboratory has teamed with the Center for
Hydrogen Research to build and test a prototype system to demonstrate
how hydrogen fuel cells can be effectively used to provide an emergency
backup power system for hospitals and other critical facilities.
The partners will combine SRNL's unique hydrogen storage technology
with a fuel cell capable of generating electricity from hydrogen fuel
and an electrolyzer to produce hydrogen. These combined elements will
make up a regenerative fuel cell system that will provide a rugged,
compact, quick-response, reliable emergency power supply for occasions
when grid power is temporarily cut off. The resulting prototype will
serve as a model for future larger scale systems that would enhance
U.S. energy security by providing safe, reliable, and renewable backup
power for a variety of critical applications. This work is part of
SRNL's initiatives to work quickly to help the U.S. realize energy
security. CHR, a nonprofit organization that is a subsidiary of the
Economic Development Partnership of Aiken and Edgefield Counties, is
dedicated to promoting partnerships to build the foundations for a
clean, secure, safe energy source of the future.
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