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Originally Posted by RWebb
I wouldn't drop the solar - can you post info on the CNG fuel cells tho?
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Don't count on fuel cells, prior to getting into the oil and gas industry, I wasted 6 years of my life developing fuel cells. I an an inventor on several patents on fuel cell stack technology and internal reforming (on cell conversion of hydrocarbons to hydrogen), I even designed part of the fuel cell stack used in the BMW hydrogen concept vehicles in 2001 / 2002.
The company I worked for up to 2005 has made leaps and bounds with the technology and still has a stack based on one of my old designs but the technology is far from commercially viable for you and me. It seems like the holy grail of $.06/kWh is far from achievable given cell degradation, input costs, etc. if you are prepared to pay 5 - 10 times your current energy costs, this technology is for you.