Abstract
The U.S. Coast Guard installed one of the first fuel cells in the NewEngland region, with funding from the Green Power Initiative of theRenewable Energy Trust (administered by the Massachusetts TechnologyCollaborative), the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) ClimateChange Fuel Cell Program, and KeySpan Energy. Beginning in 1998, theFederal Energy Management Program (FEMP) and the U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers’ Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL)provided technical assistance in the form of project economics, analysis,and site selection.The 250-kW fuel cell combined heat and power plant is located atthe U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod in Bourne, Massachusetts.The prime contractor, PPL Corporation, was responsible for all engineer-ing and design work. FuelCell Energy of Danbury, Connecticut, wasresponsible for the manufacture, delivery, and installation of the fuel cell.Fuel cells produce electricity through an electrochemical reactionrather than combustion. While currently more expensive to purchasethan conventional power-generating equipment, fuel cells provide effi-cient, reliable power with minimal emissions. (For more information onfuel cells, see FEMP’s Federal Technology Alert, “Natural Gas Fuel Cells”at www.eere.energy.gov/femp/pdfs/FTA_natgas_fuelcell.pdf).
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