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Dow Chemical, GM to take fuel cell project to next stage.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, November, 2004

By Nelson Antosh, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 30--A hydrogen fuel cell being tested since February at Dow Chemical Co.'s complex in Freeport has successfully generated electricity using hydrogen that is less than 100 percent pure, which is prompting an expanded test.

Dow and partner General Motors said Monday they are expanding the test to a four-cell pilot plant that could grow in the next 18 months to 2 years to the point that the plant churns out 1 megawatt of power.

Assuming that stage is successful, the companies said Monday, the next

stage will be large-scale commercialization, with up to 400 fuel cells installed at Dow plants generating 35 megawatts of electricity, an amount equal to the...

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