subject: Fuel Cell Energy - Powering Your Home and Business [print this page] Fuel Cell Energy - Powering Your Home and Business
Global Energy Innovations, better known as GEI, has as it's core vision to become a global supplier of energy solutions to meet the world's need for efficient zero emission power systems. GEI intends to leverage its market advantage in the commercial trucking fuel cell APU industry to provide fuel cell energy solutions for developing countries that leverage renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and bio fuels.
Through utilizing renewable energy sources, fuel cells can become an economical source of power, heat, and water and can contribute rapidly toward the improvement of economic, health, agricultural, and social conditions for the 60% of the world's population without affordable and plentiful power. These countries quite possibly will be able to achieve this without the costly implementation of a traditional "power grid."
Just recently, GEI was featured on a Flint, Michigan TV station where Dr. Berry discussed the possibility of "grid-indepence." Just imagine the possibilities in countries like Africa where the integration of solar and fuel cell technologies can approach "perpetual power." You're talking complete grid indendence.
Fuel cell technology has a potential for rural electrification both in the U.S. and for developing countries. This technology would allow the use of renewable energy around the clock regardless of location. The opportunity exists to electrify 2.1 billion people without electricity. For example, providing electricity at the village level can result in vaccinations, refrigeration, water pumps for fresh well water, Internet connections, cellular phone towers, and with computers available for a few hundred dollars could link children from around the globe. Village farmers could study on-line for better irrigation methods, understand weather patterns and communicate with experts world-wide regarding numerous local social, economic, and agricultural issues.
