Are Fuel Cells Blooming in Your Data Center?

Efficient Data Centers (Dec 18 2011) Power and Cooling

1. Recently we covered the idea of a biomass powered data centers and received a great deal of favorable feedback. We are delighted to see such a keen interest from the data center industry to address the ever increasing demand for electricity through a greater reliance on renewable and alternative energy systems. Today we take a look at what may be an emerging energy source for the data center: natural gas and the fuel cell, via a reformer. (Although the reformer could work with numerous other fossil fuels and even swamp/landfill gas) With organizations coming under greater scrutiny for their total environmental impact, and more reporting annual CO2 emissions not to mention carbon taxes, we expect to see more interest emerging for relatively clean, on-site energy production. Especially when that on-site system eliminates typical transmission and distribution loses and produces beneficial community heating/cooling as a byproduct. Putting aside the ... (Read Full Article)

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