Abstract
Distributed generation has attracted significant interest from rural electric cooperatives and their customers. Cooperatives have a particular nexus because of inherently low customer density, growth patterns at the end of long lines, and an influx of customers and high-tech industries seeking to diversify out of urban environments. Fuel cells are considered a particularly interesting DGcandidate for these cooperatives because of their power quality, efficiency, and environmental benefits. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Cooperative Research Network residential fuel cell program demonstrated RFC power plants and assessed related technical and application issues. This final subcontract report is an assessment of the program's results. This 3-year programleveraged Department of Energy (DOE) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) funding.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Publisher | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) |
| Number of pages | 139 |
| State | Published - 2004 |
Bibliographical note
Work performed by Cooperative Research Network, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Arlington, Virginia and Energy Signature Associates Inc., Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaNREL Publication Number
- NREL/SR-560-36229
Keywords
- cooperative research network
- DG
- distributed energy
- distributed generation
- electric distribution transformation program
- fuel cells
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
- National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
- NRECA
- NREL
- thermal recovery