Stationary fuel cell generation has great potential: ACEEE.(News)(Stationary Fuel Cells: Future Promise, Current Hype (report))

Washington, DC -- In a new report, Stationary Fuel Cells: Future Promise, Current Hype, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) presents the benefits and disadvantages of a variety of stationary fuel cell technologies, and discusses the current and future market situation. The ACEEE suggests that fuel cells will be the next technological leap in the area of power production.

"We believe that fuel cells will play a significant part in the future distributed generation portfolio in the United States and worldwide but will most likely be only one of many technologies that compete in the generation of clean, efficient electricity, and thermal energy," said Anna Monis Shipley, ACEEE's Industry Program Research Associate.

"Fuel cells are still in the relatively early stages of commercial development and we support continued development to improve the cost and performance of the technology," the ACEEE says.

"Furthermore, fuel cells are not an emissions-free technology, as is frequently implied by some proponents. While much of the coverage has focused on fuel cells' ability to use hydrogen for emissions-free operation, when the hydrogen to fuel them is obtained from fossil fuels, there are still significant emissions of ...