12.12.2002
Fuel cells for the premium power market - by GM

GM is in the fuel cell business - and not just for automobiles. A company that can make a fuel cell to power an automobile can also make one capable of generating the high quality, reliable premium power needed to meet energy requirements for a wide range of uses essential to today's world.

Why? Because as Wired Magazine reported, the car is "the most difficult application of the fuel cell." A hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle requires power that meets the most exacting and stringent reliability and cost standards - the same high quality power critically needed by hospitals, credit card companies, brokerage houses, Internet operating centers, and many others.

These enterprises know that the cost of premium power is nothing compared to the cost of not having it. With interruption costs that can run millions of dollars - per hour - it's imperative to have power available on demand. GM meets that need with a stationary fuel cell unit that provides the high quality power required for "mission-critical" operations.

At GM, the momentum provided by years of hydrogen fuel-cell innovation gives the same edge in stationary fuel cells as in their mobile counterparts. In fact, GM is already relying on the prototype stationary fuel cell unit to generate power for the New York fuel-cell development facility.

For more information on GM's stationary fuel cell units, you can download and print the brochure (pdf) on Fuel Cells for the Premium Power Market.