Fuel Cell Works reports that researchers from the University of Minnesota-Rochester and Rochester Public Utilities are developing a Hybrid Energy System combining a fuel cell and a geothermal heating/cooling system to find out how much better they are in tandem. The hybrid system captures the heat from the fuel cell exhaust and can either circulate it through the geothermal system or stores it in an antifreeze-like solution in underground tanks. Testing is scheduled to start next month.
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Posted by: menaga | December 12, 2006 at 01:58 AM
Geothermal heating is fantastic. Many house owners have insstalled that the resent years.
Posted by: Thermo | December 29, 2010 at 02:12 AM