Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Application and Business Status of POSCO Power

Abstract

Energy is the primary resource to sustain the human society, and it is a very important fundamental basis for the social and economical development. Fuel cell is one of the most efficient devices to generate electricity from either fossil or renewable fuels: it is a clean and efficient energy supply system. POSCO Power and Fuel Cell Energy have commercialized the line-up of 350, 1400 and 2800 kW products and installed them as much as 22.5MW up to now in Korea. Our recent focus has been given to the establishment of a stack manufacturing facility in Korea, which means a completion of fuel cell technology and business localization from manufacturing to service/maintenance. Furthermore, POSCO Power is continuously developing various application products for the purpose of the fuel cell business market diversification such as “uninterrupted power generator”, “ship service fuel cell” as well as “fuel cell/turbine hybrid system” for extending the system efficiency.