Fuel Cell

In 2010 the Agency signed a 20-year PPA to install, operate and maintain a 2.8 MW fuel cell system at the RP-1.  Under the agreement, the PPA provider is responsible for funding, design, construction, operation and maintenance of the system.  IEUA will purchase power generated from the fuel cell plant at the agreed upon price over the next 20-years, and use the heat generated from the process to heat the anaerobic digesters. The fuel cell plant, expected to be operational in 2012, will be fueled primarily with renewable biogas, making it the largest unit of its kind in the world.