Ballard teams up with Caterpillar and Microsoft
Published by Bella Weetch,
Editorial Assistant
Global Hydrogen Review,
Ballard Power Systems (Ballard) has launched a three-year project through a collaboration with Caterpillar Inc. (Caterpillar) and Microsoft to demonstrate a power system incorporating large-format hydrogen fuel cells to produce reliable and sustainable backup power for data centres.
The project is supported and partially funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the H2@Scale initiative, and backed by the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL).
Caterpillar experts in advanced power technologies, controls and system integration are working alongside Microsoft experts in data centre design, and Ballard experts in fuel cell design, to demonstrate a 1.5 MW backup power delivery and control system that would meet or exceed the high expectations set by current diesel engine systems, while achieving a significantly reduced emissions profile.
Ballard will provide an advanced, 1.5 MW ClearGenTM-II hydrogen fuel cell power generator. As the prime contractor on the project, Caterpillar is providing the overall system integration, power electronics and controls that form the central structure of the power solution, which will be fuelled by low-carbon-intensity hydrogen. Microsoft is hosting the demonstration project at a company data centre in Quincy, Washington, US. NREL is performing analyses on safety, techno-economics, and greenhouse gas impacts.
Read the article online at: https://www.globalhydrogenreview.com/product-news/23112021/ballard-teams-up-with-caterpillar-and-microsoft/
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