Fuel cells have been developing slowly as an energy supply system for health care, despite the clean, reliable power they produce and their low emissions. Many environmentalists suggest fuel cells as strategies for replacing emergency generators. Yet hurdles of cost, system performance, size, and lack of familiarity have prevented the effective implementation in health care settings. This session will examine the barriers and suggest opportunities and developments that will render this a viable future technology. This session will enable attendees to:

Distinguish between fuel cell technologies and their performance characteristics.
Define financial strategies for implementing fuel cell technologies.
Identify code barriers to fuel cell adoption and developments that will permit radically different emergency power designs.
Learn about Kaiser’s implementation of 5 megawatts of fuel cells at its Southern California campuses.