[Courtesy of Hyundai Motor Group ]
SEOUL — South Korea’s Hyundai auto group joined hands with Doosan Fuel Cell, the clean energy wing of Doosan Group, to verify the role of hydrogen fuel cells as a distributed power source through the test operation of a power generation system for microgrids. Distributed energy systems, which generate and store power near the point of consumption, can accommodate a variety of renewable and alternative energy sources.The fuel cell distributed power generation system was completed on October 14 in the southeastern industrial city of Ulsan to demonstrate a combination of different fuel cell systems including 500kW polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) produced by the auto group and Doosan’s 440kW phosphoric acid fuel cells.PEMFC is a type of fuel cell being developed mainly for transport applications as well…