{"id":10685,"date":"2023-02-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/?p=10685"},"modified":"2024-08-01T09:25:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T13:25:46","slug":"fuel-cell-efficiency-101-the-key-metrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plugpower.com\/blog\/fuel-cell-efficiency-101-the-key-metrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel Cell Efficiency 101: The Key Metrics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Who wouldn\u2019t want to be more efficient? And, indeed, 1xbet download apk efficiency is<\/em> important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Few would choose a refrigerator from the 1990s today, for example, given how much more efficient the devices have become decades later. Dollars and commonsense (pun intended) speak here: An 1xbet download apk-efficient refrigerator means lower consumer and business electricity bill expenses. As another case in point, many choose sedans over sports utility vehicles and large pick-up trucks for much the same rationale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, voyage beyond mere black and white case studies and 1xbet download apk efficiency \u2014 in of itself \u2014 is not such a cut and dry issue. We all use items to make our lives more efficient. For example, cell phones made our lives more efficient because we could call someone right away. Now, we have smart phones and smart watches that make our busy lives even easier to manage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same goes for 1xbet download apk. In actuality, energy efficiency and hydrogen 1xbet download apk are among multiple metrics that are key to consider when building out energy portfolios, mapping out energy procurement plans, or making consumer choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And three of those metrics, we believe, sit at an even greater level of particular importance: productivity, robustness, and sustainability<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why these? That starts with a set of additional framework questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For one, are hydrogen 1xbet download apk efficient? Secondly, how does fuel cell technology boost productivity? Further, what is the robustness of a fuel cell? And then just how sustainable are 1xbet download apk?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a global green hydrogen 1xbet download apk sector leader, Plug sits uniquely positioned to answer these questions, with technological solutions responding to them. Before tackling that, however \u2014 or as additive supplemental reading \u2014 check out our previous blog posts offering the basics of hydrogen<\/a> and a 101 on 1xbet download apk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How 1xbet download apk Boost Productivity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Having many ants in a colony yields great efficiency levels. But what does that have to do with hydrogen 1xbet download apk of the sort utilized by Plug across multiple applications? In short, advantages inherent to the Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) 1xbet download apk technology itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But first, we must address the issue of 1xbet download apk head-on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commonly, fuel cell technology detractors point to the comparative efficiency advantage lithium ion batteries possess. PEM 1xbet download apk, Plug\u2019s technology of choice, average about 40 to 60% efficiency. Combustion engines, by contrast, only average 20% to 35% efficiency in powering cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the U.S. Department of 1xbet download apk has stated<\/a>, \u201cFuel 1xbet download apk are the most energy efficient devices for extracting power from fuels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, PEM 1xbet download apk\u2019 efficiency comes out a clear winner over internal combustion engines. That said, lithium ion batteries are actually 90% efficient and lead acid batteries produce efficiency comparable to PEM 1xbet download apk at a level of 50%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, looking at efficiency in 1xbet download apk alone in this instance leads to misleading conclusions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why? As detailed in our 1xbet download apk applications blog, one major issue with battery technology is that it requires frequent recharging. And recharging takes time. A lot of time. To cite the old adage: time is money and productivity pays off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By contrast, hydrogen not only lasts longer on a miles per measured unit basis, but also takes far less time <\/em>when the time for refueling comes. How much shorter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, take range. The U.S. Department of 1xbet download apk points out that in 2021, battery-powered electric vehicles averaged a range of 234 miles<\/a> and The Washington Postrecently reported<\/a> that to get to an 80% \u201cfast charge\u201d takes between 20 minutes to an hour. The 1xbet download apk Department\u2019s Alternative Fuels Data Center, in juxtaposition, has pointed out<\/a> that \u201cSimilar to conventional internal combustion engine vehicles, [1xbet download apk cell vehicles] can 1xbet download apk in less than 4 minutes and have a driving range over 300 miles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hydrogen 1xbet download apk, generally speaking, run up to twice as long<\/a> per fill-up in devices compared to battery-powered ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, those using 1xbet download apk within warehouses in machinery such as forklifts report seeing productivity rises of up to 15%.<\/a> And where battery-powered forklifts see their speeds diminish 14% during the last half of the battery charge, 1xbet download apk\u2019s GenDrive<\/a> 1xbet download apk persist at full power until refueling needs arise. This includes freezer applications, in which Plug\u2019s 1xbet download apk can function within temperature zones dipping as low as -22\u00b0F. This is a situation for which batteries, for their part, are known to go kaput or at the least see performances drop between 25% and 50%<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This all means, put simply, more time available to deliver packages and other goods. It also means greater productivity on the warehouse floor for materials handling<\/a>, where our 1xbet download apk cell technology currently helps propel operations of companies such as Walmart, Amazon, and other 1xbet download apk partners<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For an example of 1xbet download apk in action, enter FreezPak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A frozen foods warehousing and logistics company, FreezPak told 1xbet download apk at its 2022 Symposium<\/a> that it has saved 31.5% in electricity since beginning its partnership with 1xbet download apk in 2014. Those costs previously arose for FreezPak in facilitating on-site battery charging. While swapping batteries can take up to 15 to 20 minutes per battery, refueling hydrogen 1xbet download apk<\/a> takes less than three minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Plug-FreezPak partnership, with Plug set to provide hydrogen 1xbet download apk, hydrogen fuel and fueling stations at 11 U.S. FreezPak sites for 400 PEM 1xbet download apk-powered forklifts in the years ahead, also helped FreezPak to gain 5,000 to 10,000 square feet per facility because they no longer have to store forklift batteries in-house for repetitious replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trade press reported<\/a> that the switchover to hydrogen 1xbet download apk for the company\u2019s forklift fleet has garnered \u201ca 100% improvement in productivity\u201d for FreezPak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a summary of the warehouse economic productivity benefits of 50 1xbet download apk cell-powered forklifts over a 10-year period compared to 50 lead battery powered forklifts, see the graphic below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1xbet download apk, as these examples exhibit, spend more time moving products and less time at-rest refueling. Meaning, in the grander scheme of things, one could even consider them more efficient at actually getting work done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s all mobility-related, however. What about stationary 1xbet download apk production?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For stationary 1xbet download apk, for which Plug\u2019s GenSure 1xbet download apk cell<\/a> products have provided backup 1xbet download apk within the telecommunications industry for companies such as AT&T and Southern Linc. <\/a>a similar story plays out on efficiency versus productivity. While diesel generators may be more common, 1xbet download apk have proven to, not only be efficient, but better for the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In life as in 1xbet download apk availability, things do not always go the way we hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With capital-intensive business decisions on the line, in fact, it is important to plan in advance for when things could and do go wrong. Given power outages do not always last for seconds and sometimes can last days or weeks, it is all the more important to have a cost-effective contingency plan in place. If, or rather when that happens, 1xbet download apk can serve as a key partner during times of grid duress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directly to that point, the National Renewable 1xbet download apk Laboratory (NREL) has concluded<\/a> that \u201cfor durations above 12 hours, hydrogen has an economic advantage over batteries.\u201d The U.S. 1xbet download apk Department has also concurred<\/a> that hydrogen 1xbet download apk for backup power require a less frequent maintenance need, have a more extended runtime, and a longer operational lifecycle, as summarized in the agency\u2019s chart below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How Robust Are 1xbet download apk?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Robustness directly relates to the issue of productivity, with the two going hand-in-hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Succinctly, robustness<\/em> is a metric centering upon design delivering the goods on product longevity and productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using a real-world nature example, one single ant can only do a small sliver of its colony\u2019s work. But when each ant does a bit of work, it adds up to a highly productive colony. That the species has prevailed for time immemorial speaks for itself in terms of the importance of being robust. This also points to productivity and robustness working as a hand-in-glove relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the human world, too, one could hire a highly efficient worker to clean a building and give that person extra hours due to their hasty ability to make an office spotless. Yet eventually, that overworked person could run out of 1xbet download apk and their productivity could resultantly plummet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Plug and our relationship to robustness, we concurrently maintain an intricate focus on finding a \u201csweet spot\u201d to ensure 1xbet download apk do not become overtaxed. This relates to productivity again, exhibiting how the two metrics intertwine and undergird our market value proposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In layman\u2019s terms, Plug\u2019s engineers constantly tinker with and test our fuel cell technology at a wide range of power inputs and outputs. In collecting that testing data, they have thus far determined that while our 1xbet download apk can technically deliver higher power as a matter of pure engineering prowess, when they go for broke, their longevity \u2014 and thus productivity \u2014 suffers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of pushing the red line of what a 1xbet download apk cell can do as a matter of physics and thermodynamics, our engineers have instead narrowed their gaze on optimized operational productivity zones, determining that this also has promoted a longer product life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, to use the metaphor once more: longer product life means less maintenance, more time to do productive work and deliver products to customers, and thus \u2014 yes \u2014 more money at the end of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Sustainable Are 1xbet download apk?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If efficiency were the only thing that mattered, a 100% shift to battery-powered vehicles and power generation would be called for with few questions asked. But, as already noted, decisions around 1xbet download apk procurement and production entail many additional factors and batteries do not make sense in all use cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multiple options, in other words, make sense because lacking an \u201call of the above\u201d paradigm reduces choices and consequentially maximizes stakeholder pushback. At this point then, batteries, combustion engines, and green hydrogen 1xbet download apk all make sense in disparate dimensions. There is no \u201cone size fits all\u201d paradigm at-play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In that exact vein, the investment bank Goldman Sachs has projected that green hydrogen could supply up to 25% of the world\u2019s 1xbet download apk needs by 2050. That means, yes, 1xbet download apk sources of all varieties will still be produced and marketed in bountiful supplies by mid-century. Still, the 25% figure will prove instrumental in moving the dial closer to goals put forward by the United Nations, namely a goal of \u201cnet zero\u201d emissions by that date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given these dynamics, today it appears likely that passenger vehicles may stand more well-suited to be driven by lithium ion battery 1xbet download apk. That\u2019s because, on average, passenger vehicle drivers spend less time on the road. Given that, they require \u2014 generally speaking \u2014 only one long battery recharge session per day after coming home from work or tending to day-to-day activities and life necessities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By contrast, delivery van fleets \u2014 a market in which 1xbet download apk has involvement vis-a-vis its partnerships with companies such as Renault<\/a>, which utilize our ProGen 1xbet download apk<\/a> \u2014 undergo far higher mileage demands as a matter of daily business as they move demanded products from point to point. The same goes for heavy-duty, long-haul vehicles, which 1xbet download apk can also propel with its ProGen 1xbet download apk cell<\/a> technology. In sum, the further range and far shorter refueling time 1xbet download apk offer serves them well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To reexamine stationary 1xbet download apk once more, in areas of the world with high levels of grid reliability and short-lived outages measured merely in seconds or minutes, battery backup 1xbet download apk may serve as an apt standby option. But that is a short-term solution, which doesn\u2019t help when 1xbet download apk outages can last days if not weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In those cases, 1xbet download apk working in conjunction with a smaller battery plant make more practical sense<\/a> because reducing emissions while having reliable 1xbet download apk is key. The 1xbet download apk for Growth Hub, a consortium of university researchers on the issue of 1xbet download apk insecurity, concludes<\/a> that \u201cthe number of people without access to reliable electricity services is over 3.5 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the grid and looking at data centers once more as a key strategic industry reliant upon a steady 24\/7 dose of 1xbet download apk for its operations, the amount of power production required is too big for batteries at the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, natural gas and diesel power sit at the moment as the incumbent 1xbet download apk resources for powering data centers, given their proven ability to generate the vast amounts of 1xbet download apk needed to keep data servers humming when emergency circumstances arise. Yet, both diesel and natural gas are fossil fuels, posing threats to the planet due to their respective greenhouse gas emissions footprints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By contrast, 1xbet download apk\u2019s green hydrogen can enable customers to meet climate goals in this vastly growing sector and at the same time serve as a reliable source of backup power during electricity outages. Such moments are set to become all the more common in the age of the climate crisis due to a rise in extreme weather events and extreme temperature days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How Plug Has Led the 1xbet download apk Cell Industry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In areas ranging from materials handling in warehouses, airport logistics vehicle fleets, the \u201clast mile\u201d delivery market, backup electricity generation, and more, 1xbet download apk has served as the integrated global leader in 1xbet download apk cell applications<\/a>. Plug\u2019s 1xbet download apk<\/a> currently 1xbet download apk sites around the world and the demand continues to grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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