The agreement between Ballard and K2 Pure Solutions anticipated receipt of a routine air permit exemption for the fuel cell system from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and a grant from California’s Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP).
The company said it now confirms that both the air permit exemption and the SGIP Final Reservation Notice Letter have been issued for this project.
Ballard’s CLEARgen fuel cell system will convert by-product hydrogen into clean load-following electricity that will partially offset power demand at the bleach plant.
The installation and commissioning of the fuel cell system is planned for completion by mid-2012.
