What Are the Uses for Hydrogen Fuel Cells?

Hydrogen fuel cells can be found in many different places today. Because the technology is still developing, most fuel cell applications to date have been for demonstration projects. Applications have included small handheld devices, such as cell phones and laptop computers; electric vehicles (from passenger cars to buses); and stationary power for office buildings, hospitals, and other large commercial and institutional facilities.

Hydrogen fuel cells are also used in remote places where access to a conventional power supply is limited or impossible, such as off-grid home sites and field weather stations. Currently, fuel cells can be found high above Earth (in the space shuttles) to beneath the ocean's surface (in some of the most recent submarines), and they are likely to be used more in the future.

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