FirstEnergy Tests The World’s Largest Mobile Fuel Cell System

FirstEnergy and Ballard Power Systems are introducing a portable fuel cell that is scalable and is designed to take demand off the power grid. While fuel cells have been powering manned spacecraft since the Gemini V mission in August 1965, their use here on Earth has been rather limited. But that’s slowly changing. The Japanese are building fuel cells into homes , for instance. But Akron, Ohio based FirstEnergy Corp. wants to use large fuel cells to supplement power generation. Its tractor-trailer sized fuel cell is the world’s largest mobile system that’s been deployed to date. It’s supposed to ease the energy demand during the hot, summer months when FirstEnergy’s power grid is under the most pressure.