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Article Excerpt Verizon plans to install clean-air fuel cells as the primary electrical power source at a major call-routing center on Long Island, N.Y., to study the technology and its effectiveness in a large telecommunications switching environment. The project will be the largest fuel cell deployment project in the world.
After obtaining local permit approvals later this year, Verizon plans to start installation of seven fuel cells manufactured by UTC Fuel Cells, a unit of United Technologies Corp. The fuel cells will be installed at the company's call-switching center at 741 Zeckendorf Blvd., Garden City, Long Island. The new system, which is expected to be fully operational in 2004, will operate alongside four new natural-gas-powered generators, marking the first time such a fuel-cell power-generating system is used.
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