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O ver the next 12 months Danish company Dantherm Power will supply hydrogen and PEM fuel cell power units to Powertech Labs, a subsidiary of Canadian utility BC Hydro, for use in a pilot project that aims to supplement hydroelectric power.
Dantherm already provides uninterruptible power supplies based on fuel cell technology to IT and telecom network suppliers. These same power supplies will be used to increase the utilization of the hydroelectric plant in Bella Coola, a small, remote community on the central coast of British Columbia.
'The major Canadian utility company BC Hydro is currently running a pilot project at Bella Coola, where surplus electricity is used to generate hydrogen,' explains Per Albaek, managing director of Dantherm Power. 'Our power supplies use this stored hydrogen to generate electricity during periods when the hydroelectric plant is unable to meet demand.' Dantherm says it will deliver a complete 100 kW system packaged in a standard 6 m (20 ft) shipping container. This system uses a fuel cell stack from BC-based Ballard Power Systems to provide secure, reliable power to the community, by enabling greater use of the local hydroelectric plant and reducing the use of local diesel generators. Ballard is supplying 60 units of its Mark1020 ACSโข fuel cell product, each sized to deliver 2 kW of gross electric power, together with technical support services.
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