Distributed Energy Systems’ Technology Generation group is committed to the development of practical, real-world energy solutions to meet our customers’ evolving needs. Through new product development, key strategic relationships and industry leading solutions, we are focused on meeting today’s commercial needs while advancing the innovation required to create tomorrow’s energy choices.
Partnering with commercial as well as government entities like the US Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Science Foundation, NASA and California Energy Commission, the Technology Generation group is advancing technologies in several core areas:
Hydrogen Fueling Systems
Distributed Energy Systems is developing hydrogen fueling systems to meet the needs of an increasing number of fuel cell electric and portable power applications. Individuals, fleets, and communities seek out our hydrogen fueling systems because they are available in a range of production capacities and produce pure hydrogen.
Military & Aerospace Hydrogen Applications
Leveraging our core PEM technology, Distributed Energy Systems designs, develops, models and builds solutions to meet the needs of commercial aerospace partners and civilian and military government agencies. From high pressure electrochemical cells to high energy density regenerative fuel cell (RFC) energy storage systems, our work is being developed for low earth orbit (LEO) and geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) satellites, high altitude airships and high altitude winged aircraft. These advanced technologies also have applications in ground-based and marine environments.
Backup Power and Renewable-to-Hydrogen Systems
Regenerative fuel cell technology can be used in a wide range of backup power applications including telecommunications, critical loads, peak shaving, remote geographies, and load leveling in premium power markets. In an effort to look for ways to extend today’s resources, the technology has been used and validated with renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar. To meet the growing demand for electrolyzers for hydrogen-based renewable energy systems, Distributed Energy Systems has developed the HOGEN® RE hydrogen generator. As the next evolution of the company’s advanced proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer,the HOGEN® RE generator incorporates sophisticated power electronics to make integration to renewable power sources easy and efficient.
