NAIT Fuel Cell Project

The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) has installed Canada's first high-voltage operating fuel cell, which generates 200 kilowatts of efficient power, with drastically-reduced greenhouse gas emissions.  Climate Change Central donated $150,000 to an associated interpretive centre, which opened in 2004.

The phosphoric acid fuel cell, which is being incorporated into NAIT's education program, produces eight per cent of the Edmonton post-secondary institution's electricity.  Waste heat is also used to increase the temperature of water feeding the boiler system, showers and pool, accounting for 12 per cent of NAIT's thermal energy use.