• Infynis@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    You wouldn’t really need fuel cells at a power plant though, would you? Or are there advantages I’m unaware of?

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      1 year ago

      Fuel cells can be more efficient than combustion because of direct electrification. With combustion, there needs to be a boiler, turbine, etc and that adds to the losses through the system.

      At industrial scale, it is possible a turbine and boiler is probably the better bet, because the technology is very mature and large fuel cells may pose extra challenges with sourcing the membranes. It would need a more in-depth cost analysis.