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| Jail opens door to giant fuel cell |
| By The Los Angeles Times |
| Published: 08/10/2006 |
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ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA - A massive Bay Area jail will unveil a state-of-the-art cell today, but it's not the kind that holds prisoners. Instead, Alameda County officials will show off California's largest fuel cell, a battery-like system expected to cut the Santa Rita Jail's yearly electric bill by more than $260,000. The $6.1-million undertaking, funded in part with $2.4 million in government grants and incentives, is among a spate of large energy-saving projects that have been cropping up at government and large commercial sites where uninterrupted power is a must. "This is the wave of the future, and we should be using all of these different technologies," said Bernadette Del Chiaro, clean-energy advocate at the Sacramento-based Environment California. "It's great to see government institutions helping to lead the way...Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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