Commissioning the world's first sewage fuel cell and hydrogen station
The world's first sewage-powered hydrogen fuel station opened in Fountain Valley today. Drivers of hydrogen-fueled cars will now be able to exit the 405 freeway at Euclid Avenue and fill up with converted sewage waste that offers the equivalent of 70 miles per gallon.
- There were hundreds of tweets and articles across the country...these are just the highlights!
"This is a paradigm shift," said National Fuel Cell Research Center director Scott Samuelsen. "We'll be truly fuel-independent and no longer held hostage by other countries. This is the epitome of sustainability, where we're taking an endless stream of human waste and transforming it to transportation fuel and electricity. This is the first time this has ever been done."
- United States Department of Energy
Energy Department Applauds World's First Fuel Cell and Hydrogen ...: The Fountain Valley trigeneration fuel cell... t.co/DLWX9WP- "Innovations like this demonstrate how American ingenuity and targeted investment can accelerate breakthroughs in the hydrogen and fuel cell industry while driving the clean energy economy forward," said DOE's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy Steve Chalk.
EERE News: Energy Department Applauds World's First Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Station in Orange County
The U.S. Department of Energy today issued the following statement in support of the commissioning of the world's first tri-generation fuel cell and hydrogen energy station to provide transportation fuel to the public and electric power to an industrial facility, located at the Orange County Sanitation District's wastewater treatment plant in Fountain Valley, California.- MSNBC & KNBC
RT @OCSD_PIO: RT @fuelcellinsider: MSNBC article on wastewater / hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles on.msnbc.com/n0VklE #ocsewers
Fuel Station Makes the Most of SewageMany believe hydrogen is the fuel of the future for the auto of the future, powered by a 'fuel cell.' Hydrogen fuel is usually produced from waer and extracted natural gas. But the Orange County Sanitation District sees no need to pay for natural gas when it gets plenty with the sewage its customer pay it take.
Making the Most of SewageThe long-awaited "Hydrogen Highway" just took a detour to a sanitation treatment plant, the one right next to the 405 Freeway in Fountain Valley to be precise. There's a reason for locating a filling station here. "We take sewer treatment plant gas and we produce electricity and hydrogen," explained Jack Brouwer, PhD, an Asst.- KABC
- New sewage gas station in OC may be world's first | abc7.com1 day ago ... ( KABC ) -- The Orange County Sanitation District and UC Irvine's National Fuel Cell Research Center opened a hydrogen fuel station in ...
- Orange County Register
O.C. human waste now powers hydrogen cars - OC Science
Tweet Share An experimental fuel cell is turning the Orange County Sanitation District into a filling station for hydrogen cars. The fuel cell, which produces both hydrogen and electricity from...- Los Angeles Times
Fountain Valley hydrogen station fills 'er up with sewer gas
As General Motors, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz and other major automobile manufacturers prepare to bring hydrogen cars to market by 2015, the availability and sustainability of the hydrogen fuel to power them remains an issue. Later this month, what is believed to be the world's first sewage-powered hydrogen fuel station will open in Fountain Valley, offering a renewable-energy solution to one piece of the sustainability puzzle.Former Sec. of Cal Environmental Protection Agency; founder of 7th Generation Advisors; Operating Advisor to Pegasus Capital Advisors; accomplished author.
Sewage to hydrogen to your car! Who says we can't break our oil addiction? t.co/9J1h1kE- Photos
- Fountain Valley PatchVideo too!
