Fuel Cell
San Diego Fuel Cell Facilities - San Diego, California

San Diego, California

• Description: Three fuel cells totaling 4.5 megawatts of generating capacity, located on sites owned by the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and the City of San Diego. The fuel cells run on renewable biogas directed from San Diego wastewater treatment system
• Technology: Fuel Cell Energy molten carbonate fuel cells designed and built by Otto H. Rosentreter Company
• Transaction closed: November 2010
• Start-up: Q4 2011 (Planned)

New Energy Capital's $23.5 million investment creates the largest integrated fuel cell Project in the United States. The project employs molten carbonate fuel cells produced by Fuel Cell Energy, Inc. of Danbury, Connecticut and runs on renewable biogas directed from San Diego wastewater treatment system [produced by an affiliate of Biofuels Energy, LLC. Electricity from the fuel cells is sold to UCSD and the City of San Diego, off-setting their power requirements with clean, renewable energy. The three fuel cells produce approximately 35 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year, reduce annual CO2 emissions by more than 25 million pounds, and save the City of San Diego and UCSD more than $2 million in electricity costs over ten years.