Fuel Cell Power Plants Elsewhere

Bugok FC
Location: South Korea
Operator: GS EPS Co Ltd
Configuration: 1 X 2.4 MW DFC3000
Fuel: natural gas
Operation: 2009
FC supplier: FuelCell Energy
EPC: Posco
Quick facts: At completion, this was the largest single fuel cell installation in the world. The MCFC facility has a thermal efficiency of up to 70%. It cost about 16bn won.

Photograph courtesy of GS EPS Co Ltd
Posted 13 Sep 2009

Nowon-Gu
Location: South Korea
Operator: Posco Power Co Ltd
Configuration: 1 X 2.4 MW
Fuel: natural gas
Operation: 2009
FC supplier: Posco
EPC: Posco
Quick facts: This MCFC installation was jointly developed by Posco and the Seoul Metropolitan Government and POSCO Power It was dedicated in May 2009 in Nowon-gu, Seoul.

Photograph courtesy of Korea IT Times
Posted 7 Aug 2010

Torino GTT
Location: Italy
Operator: Gas Turbine Technologies SpA (GTT)
Configuration: 1 X 110 kW
Fuel: natural gas
Operation: 2005
FC supplier: MTU
Quick facts: This is a CHP system based on a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) using pipeline gas. Siemens developed the technology in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy. Participants in the Italian project include Regione Government Piemonte, Politecnico di Torino, and the Environment Park of Torino. The fuel cell system supplies 20% of the electricity demand of GTT's manufacturing facility and thermal energy for heating and air conditioning. Offpeak, the unit exports power to the municipal grid.

Photograph courtesy of Power
Posted 5 Nov 2006

Abbreviations

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 08/07/10

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