UCSD Plans Fuel Cell Installation.

[Dover]

UCSD Plans Fuel Cell Installation.

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) plans to install a 2.8 megawatt FuelCell Energy fuel cell in late 2009 that will store the power produced at night and use that energy during peak-demand hours the following day when electricity rates are highest. Once in operation, the electrical output of the fuel cell will be used 20 hours a day to power the campus's grid; the remaining four hours it will charge batteries, compress air, or employ another energy-storage technology. In addition, the university will capture the waste heat generated by the fuel cell as a continuous power source for 320 tons of chilling capacity to cool campus buildings. The project is eligible for $3.4 million in financial incentives from a measure approval by the California Public Utility Commission designed to lower peak demands on the state's electrical power grid.

http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/12-08FuelCellProject.asp

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ORNL CHP Report.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has released Combined Heat and Power: Effective Energy Solutions for a Sustainable Future , a new report highlighting Combined Heat and Power (CHP) as a realistic solution to enhance national energy efficiency, ensure environmental quality, promote economic growth, and foster a robust energy infrastructure. The report provides an in-depth discussion of current opportunities and challenges to more widespread national CHP deployment, and finds that if 20% of the United States’ generating capacity came from CHP sources, benefits would include annual fuel savings of 5.3 quadrillion Btu, a 60% reduction of the projected increase in CO2 emissions, and the creation of 1 million new jobs through 2030.

http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/progress_alerts.cfm/pa_id=131

[tomreedtoon]

1. Visit the UCLA San Diego Campus - it looks like this!

Seriously, who isn't thinking that this is what will happen? They won't need makeup to do a "zombie stomp" at San Diego Comic-Con - they can recruit the glowing zombies from the campus.