Breakthrough Technologies Institute - Fuel Cells 2000

POWER GENERATION
Williams Bio-Energy, Pekin: Caterpillar, Nuvera Fuel Cells, Williams Bio-Energy,
DOE, and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity teamed to
develop and demonstrate an ethanol-fueled PEM fuel cell system that will produce 13
kW of electric power. Anhydrous denatured ethanol was used in the project as the base
fuel and used a fuel reformer to generate the hydrogen gas that was to be combined
with oxygen to produce electricity. The project was slated for a 4,000 hour continuous
stationary application demonstration under full load conditions to evaluate the use of
ethanol as a base fuel for fuel cells.
VEHICLES AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE
Hydrogen Fueling Station and fuel cell bus demonstration, Chicago: A hydrogen
fueling facility operated at Chicago Transit Authority’s Chicago Avenue Garage to
provide fuel for Chicago Transit Authority’s three fuel cell demonstration buses. The
two-year demonstration occurred between 1997 and 1999. Partial funding for the buses
was provided by the Regional Transportation Authority.
1. PLANS/STRATEGIES
INDIANA
Utility Generation and Clean Coal Technology Program
www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title8/ar1/ch8.8.html
www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2002/HCCP/CC002901.001.html
The General Assembly passed Senate Bill 29 in 2002 to promote Indiana’s energy
generating capacity, including the use of renewable energy resources, to enhance
Indiana's energy security and reliability and to attract new businesses and jobs. The
project’s goal is to use the vast and underutilized coal resources of the Illinois Basin as a
fuel source for new energy generating facilities, using technology that allows high sulfur
coal to be burned efficiently while meeting strict state and federal air quality limitations
(e.g. coal gasification). The bill creates a Center for Coal Technology research to
develop technologies to advance the use of Indiana coal, and also directs the Utility
Regulatory Commission to offer financial incentives to eligible clean coal and energy
projects. Fuel cells qualify for the program’s incentives.
The state’s Coal Gasification Investment Tax Credit became effective on January 1,
2006. The allowable credit amount is the sum of 10% of the taxpayer's qualified
investment for the $500 million dollars invested and 5% of the amount of the taxpayer's
qualified investment that exceeds $500 million dollars.
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