Key benefits of fuel cells

Energy is the motor of our economy. But excessive and inefficient conversion and use of the limited resources led to tremendous increase of energy cost. More efficient energy conversion and less dependency on natural resources like oil are in the meanwhile commonly accepted requirements of our society. In this environment fuel cells will play an important role due to their

• significantly higher conversion efficiency than internal combustion engines
• significantly less noxious exhausts than internal combustion engines
• significantly less noise than internal combustion engines
• significantly higher reliability than renewable sources like wind and solar
• significantly less dependency on weather conditions than renewable sources
• significantly higher flexibility of fuel choice
• significantly higher energy density than all kinds of batteries
• significantly lower weight than all kinds of batteries

Due to these benefits fuel cells complement other clean energy sources very well, like solar, wind and batteries. In many practical cases the highest customer benefit and the optimal  total cost of ownership can be achieved by combining other energy sources with fuel cells. Besides being the sole ideal solution for many customers, fuel cells will be an integral part of the total energy solution when it comes to an significant increase of renewable energy sources like wind and solar.