United Technologies Hits Cost Targets While Achieving Design Goals
United Technologies Hits Cost Targets While Achieving Design Goals
1 PagesPRICE Consultant Helps United Technologies Research Team Meet DoE Goals Lowering the Cost of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology Development Solid Oxide Fuel Cells are one of the cleanest and most efficient technologies for generating electricity. In fact, fuel cells are so clean that regulatory authorities in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Southern California have exempted them from air quality permitting requirements! That’s one reason why the United States Department of Energy is driving a major initiative to bring about dramatic reductions in the cost of fuel cells, also known as SOFCs. The goal is to cut costs as low as $400 per kilowatt by the end of this decade, a price point that would make fuel cells competitive for virtually every type of commercial or residential power app
