A New Dawn in Distributed Generation

The hybrid system assures extraordinary fuel efficiency. For example, when using natural gas as feedstock, it is estimated that the H2PWR Systems can produce approximately 21½ times the electricity, with the same amount of fuel, as an equivalent-size natural gas turbine. This remarkable efficiency is optimally reached at the "sub-megawatt" electricity production level.

Because the H2PWR Systems can produce its own H2 on-site and with highly efficient processes, it is estimated that a 1 megawatt unit would produce less than 1/100th of the CO2 as a comparable power generator which burns coal or equivalent. This is attainable even with no carbon capture - or using "gray hydrogen."

The useful life of power generation systems, both large and small, is becoming an increasingly important factor in investing in and maintaining such assets. Now, with the increasing demand for electricity and corresponding demand for natural gas plant production, this pressure makes the reliability and resilience of all power assets a key purchasing factor.

The H2PWR Systems - with its unique configuration of components and proprietary controls - reduces the operational stresses and wear on all major parts. Take the single most expensive component: the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC). It is projected that the useful life of the SOFC can be increased from the current 2-to-4 years to better than 14 years - and perhaps up to 20 years. This info is based on extensive, multi-year cyber-physical testing.

This characteristic is made possible by the H2PWR Systems's ability to produce its own H2 from either carbon-based feedstocks or from renewables (when on-site green hydrogen production is possible). It produces its own H2 at about 50 psi - roughly equivalent to an automobile tire pressure. This eliminates the need for a complex infrastructure for the transportation and/or storage of the H2. (Excess H2 can be stored on-site, but that is optional.)

The H2PWR Systems has tremendous ramping up and turn-down capability. It has demonstrated the capacity of ramping-up from 6 to 30 megawatts (in a grid-simulation event last fall) in under 10 seconds. For utility applications, its turn-down and ramp-up speeds make it a key resource for meeting low-cost spinning reserve requirements.