The South Gare Lighthouse on the mouth of the River Tees, located in south east England is now powered by a fuel cell. Visible for 25 miles, the change from grid power to a fuel cell has eliminated the problem of power outages that used to occur when power cables were damaged by severe coastal weather.
The new power source is the first fuel cell built to withstand a harsh coastal environment and also employs a specially designed water-based cooling system. It comes from CPI (Center for Process Innovation) in Wilton on Teesside, also the home of The Flexible Electronics Substrate Facility which has transformed the way that electronic products are manufactured, enabling manufacturers to reduce the production cost, thickness and weight of display screens, solar cells and electronic circuits.
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Feast you eyes on this news….
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Think you will find that the Lighthouse is in the NORTH EAST of England.