Breakthrough Technologies Institute - Fuel Cells 2000

NYPA gained its first experience with fuel cells in 1997, when it installed a unit at the
Westchester County Wastewater Treatment Facility in Yonkers. Subsequently, NYPA
has installed:
Contact:
• Eight fuel cells at four sewage treatment plants operated by the New York City
Department of Environmental Protection;
• Three fuel cells in New York City, located at the Central Park Police Precinct,
North Central Bronx Hospital and the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York
Aquarium at Coney Island;
• A fuel cell at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; and
• Twelve fuel cells at various other state locations.
New York Power Authority (NYPA)
123 Main Street, 10-B
White Plains, NY 10601-3170
Phone: (914) 287-4271
E-mail: info@nypa.gov
Web: www.nypa.gov
8. STATE AND LOCALLY-SUPPORTED DEMONSTRATIONS
POWER GENERATION
Albany International Airport, Albany: The demonstration, using a prototype 5-kW
Plug Power PEM fuel cell, began in 2003, and the prototype was replaced by a newer
model in 2004. At the completion of the project, Verizon purchased several of the fuel
cell systems and sited one permanently at Albany Airport. Demonstration project
funding was provided by NYSERDA.
North Central Bronx Hospital, Bronx: The UTC Power 200-kW PAFC supplies
supplemental power and back-up power to the hospital. Installed by NYPA in 2000.
New York Aquarium, Brooklyn: The UTC Power 200-kW PAFC provides 20% of the
aquarium’s power needs. The installation will allow the Aquarium to decrease its
demand on standard sources of electricity. It will also provide enough waste heat to
warm domestic hot water and boiler supply water for buildings and tanks. The fuel cell
was installed in 2001 by NYPA.
Verizon’s Central Office, Garden City: Seven UTC Power 200-kW PAFC units,
totaling 1.4 MW of power, were installed at Verizon’s Garden City call center. The
Center provides local, long-distance and data services over about 35,000 phone lines in
the area. The project is unique because the existing commercial power grid, the new
fuel cells and existing Verizon backup power work together to meet any set of
operational needs required at the building. They include electrical backup for commercial
power outages, natural disasters and periods of peak commercial power demands. By
using electricity from the fuel cells and reclaiming the heat and water they produce to
help heat and cool the building, Verizon is eliminating some 11.1 million pounds of
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