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July 2004

Fuel Cells Hit Home

Japan promotes first mass use in residences

By Corie Lok

Fuel cells are poised for their first commercial home installations. By early next year, Tokyo Gas will install the technology outside 50 Japanese homes, with plans to install 900 more units by 2007. The units will extract hydrogen from natural gas and use it to create supplemental electricity for the homes. Waste heat from the fuel cells-rather than electricity-will heat water for household use. All told, using fuel cells to reduce the homes' reliance on electricity from gas-fired power plants should cut their fossil fuel consumption by about one-quarter.

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