A US Air Force base is beginning a year long trial of fuel cell technology.

Robins Air Force Base in Georgia has taken a delivery of ten five-kilowatt fuel cells from New York manufacturer Plug Power that it is hoped will provide 275,000 kilowatt hours of electricity over the next year.

The scheme is part of a project by the US defence department looking in to the provision of alternative sources of power, both in the US and in makeshift camps on foreign soil.

Mike Mead, head of the Air Force's Advanced Power Technology Office told Fuel Cell Works of his hopes for fuel cell technology.

"It is critical to our mission to explore and compare fuel cell systems with our existing power sources to remain efficient, cost effective and environmentally focused," he said.

The fuel cells will re-form propane, jet fuel and natural gas with hydrogen to produce electricity, which will save vast sums of money and be more environmentally friendly.


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