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12 September 2006 -- EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG and Siemens Power Generation (PG) have agreed to build a fuel cell hybrid power plant. Plans call for the construction of a megawatt-class demonstration plant.
The goal of this research project is to convert up to 70 percent of the fuel energy into electricity. The necessary groundwork is scheduled to be completed by 2008. This will provide the basis for construction of an initial, small pilot plant, to be followed beginning in 2012 by the planned fuel cell hybrid plant with an installed capacity of 1 MW.
The 70 percent efficiency is to be achieved by combining a high-temperature fuel cell with a gas turbine in the planned hybrid plant in order to make more efficient use of the fuel and minimize emissions.
The project is scheduled to run for an extended period, and involves intensive background research. The companies hope this hybrid technology will become available roughly a decade sooner than expected by experts today.
On the way toward realization of the first megawatt demonstration plant using hybrid technology, Siemens will initially supply a high-temperature SOFC fuel cell with a capacity of five kW. "We look forward to laying the groundwork for broad application of hybrid fuel cell technology in distributed and centralized power generation in a long-term", said Norbert König, member of the group executive management of Siemens PG. The DLR institute will operate and analyze the SOFC.
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