{"id":1169,"date":"2005-05-16T13:21:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-16T13:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/05\/16\/fuel-cell-success\/"},"modified":"2005-05-16T13:21:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-16T13:21:00","slug":"fuel-cell-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/fuel-cell-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel Cell Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the London Times via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentalsustainability.info\/\">Eco-Portal<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/business.timesonline.co.uk\/article\/0,,8209-1614067,00.html\">news<\/a> of promising developments from one company&#8217;s fuel cell experiments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>THE company developing a fuel cell that could provide every home with its own electricity will tell the stock market today that it has passed a series of industry tests with flying colours.<\/p>\n<p>Ceres Power is expected to say that its fuel cell \u2014 which is the size of an After Eight mint \u2014 has exceeded global industry standards after thousands of hours of tests.<\/p>\n<p>The fuel cell, which will fit into a domestic central heating boiler instead of a pilot light, can transform boilers into mini-generators that produce both heat and electricity. The cell would provide homes with a clean and cheap form of energy that produces significantly lower carbon dioxide emissions than conventional fossil fuels. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This almost sounds too good to be true&#8230; And, I wonder how hard traditional electric and gas utilities will fight such developments.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I&#8217;d commented some time ago that I really had no idea how fuel cells work, so I was happy to see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spinneyhead.co.uk\/EcoHouse\/2005\/05\/cell-sufficiency.php\">this post<\/a> on Spinneyhead&#8217;s &#8220;How to Save the World for Free&#8221; pointing to information on how fuel cells produce power.<\/p>\n<p>Technorati tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/fuel+cell\" rel=\"tag\">fuel cell<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Great+Britain\" rel=\"tag\">Great Britain<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.powells.com\/cgi-bin\/partner?partner_id=29592&amp;cgi=search\/search\/&amp;searchtype=kw&amp;searchfor=fuel%20cell\">Books on Fuel Cells from Powells.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the London Times via Eco-Portal, news of promising developments from one company&#8217;s fuel cell experiments: THE company developing a fuel cell that could provide every home with its own&nbsp;[ &hellip; 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