Industrial giant promises to solve EU datacentre power crisis with fuel cells

Solid oxide cells promise to take pressure off of grids

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Industrial giant promises to solve EU datacentre power crisis with fuel cells. Source: SK Ecoplant
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Industrial giant promises to solve EU datacentre power crisis with fuel cells. Source: SK Ecoplant

An Irish green project development company, Lumcloon Energy, has become the spearhead for a Korean industrial conglomerate's plan to fix Europe's datacentre energy crisis with fuel cells.

The pair have proposed using solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), an emerging technology billed as an industrial alternative to big batteries. It promises to take pressure off electricity grids in major...

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