Nedstack, The Netherlands, fuel cells pass 10,000 hours of industrial operation

In the Netherlands, Nedstack has reached an important milestone by completing 10,000 hours of operation with its PEM fuel cell stacks in a real-world industrial installation.

The fuel cell stacks are running in industrial conditions in a PEM Power Plant at the AkzoNobel chlor-alkali plant in Delfzijl. Chlor-alkali plants produce hydrogen as a by-product, which fuel cells can then convert into electricity.

The Nedstack fuel cells are showing an extremely low degradation rate. The performance loss over the past 10,000 hours is only 5%, which suggests that this generation of fuel cell stacks will achieve a lifetime of over 20,000 hours.

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