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Issue: Mar 2004


At a Standstill



GM explores stationary power applications for automotive fuel cell development.

by John Peter

The road to the commercialization of fuel cell vehicles has taken an interesting turn.

On Tuesday, February 10, 2004, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and Texas Governor Rick Perry threw the switch on the first of some 400 to 500 General Motor’s PEM automotive fuel cell power modules that will serve as stationary power plants, making electricity for Dow Chemical’s Freeport, Texas, manufacturing facility.









 
The first trailer (above) parked on the site of Dow Chemical’s Freeport, Texas, power generation facility houses one fuel cell power unit (below) which will be used to test the purity of the hydrogen produced by the Dow plant.
 
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