U.S. Navy begins testing on fuel cell energy storage
NewsFebruary 09, 2016
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. U.S. Navy officials received Boeing's fuel cell energy storage system and will begin testing to determine its ability to support the energy needs of military and commercial customers.
Boeing engineers designed the fuel cell energy using a technology called a “reversible solid oxide fuel cell” to store energy from renewable resources - including wind and solar - producing clean, zero-emissions electricity. The system generates, compresses, and stores hydrogen. When the grid demands power, it operates as a fuel cell, consuming the stored hydrogen to produce electricity.
This first unit was commissioned at Boeing’s Huntington Beach, California facility on the Southern California Edison power grid before being installed for further testing on the U.S. Navy’s ‘microgrid’ at the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center in Port Hueneme, California.
Boeing’s fuel cell product was developed using the company’s experience with energy systems for unmanned undersea vehicles.
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