Danbury’s FuelCell Energy Inc. is preparing to show off Tuesday in California the capability of its alternative power plant to co-generate renewable hydrogen to run automobiles.
With state and federal energy and air-quality authorities looking on, FuelCell is scheduled to demonstrate its hydrogen fueling station installed at the Orange County Sanitation District in Fountain Valley, Calif.
The power plant converts biogas generated from the wastewater treatment process into electricity to run both the sanitation plant and the vehicle fueling station operated by Air Products. The National Fuel Cell Research Center at the University of California Irvine is also a participant.
The power plant’s alternative fuel cell generates 250 kilowatts, enough to power about 200 average size homes and enough hydrogen to fuel some 25 vehicles daily, officials said.
