Alkaline fuel cells provide US utilities with resilient backup power to resolve frequent shutdowns and blackouts
03/06/2022 / By Nolan Barton
Power utilities in the United States need a resilient backup power to resolve the frequent shutdowns and blackouts across the country caused by heavy snowstorms, hurricanes and other severe weather conditions.
Just last month, darkness blanketed Texas amid extreme weather conditions. As a winter storm forced the state’s power grid to the brink of collapse, millions of Texans were stuck in uncomfortable and even dangerous conditions.
It could have been avoided if the state’s power utilities invested in resilient backup power technologies to avoid outages and restore power as quickly as possible when outages occur.
Specifically, they should have invested in alkaline fuel cells – one of the most developed fuel cell technologies. (Related: Energy expert: Texas power outage could have been prevented with significant investment.)
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