Fuel Cells for Supermarketsp

DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committeey

Benny Smith Vice President of Facilities

Price Chopper Supermarkets, Schenectady NY

Member of the Fuel Cell Users PanelMember of the Fuel Cell Users Panel

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Who is Price Chopper?

� Price Chopper owns & operates 128pp p supermarkets throughout New York, Vermont,Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Pennsylvaniaand Pennsylvania.

� We are privately owned.

� By incorporating cutting edge technology we strive to effectively reduce our carbony footprint.

WHY FUEL CELLS?

El t i it C t F tElectricity Costs are a Factor

Incentives and Grants are Available ¾Partnership with NYSERDA has yielded opportunities to

reduce grid dependence

Operates 24 Hours a Day/7 Days a Weekp y y

¾Continuous heat and power demands

¾Standby ability

Experts in the FieldExperts in the Field

¾UTC experience

¾NYSERDA support

¾First site converted¾First site converted

¾First Field Connected UTC 400Kw cell

Supermarket Installation – Thermal Utilization Energy Productivity, Security, Responsibility

Green InitiativeGreen Initiative

9 Building Construction 9 Refrigeration System 9 Energy Production 9 Lighting

First Installation – Colonie NY

Colonie Actual Btu’s 68 to 69 Square Feet

3,500,000,000

4,000,000,000

2,000,000,000

2,500,000,000

3,000,000,000

Btu

's

224's Btu's

500,000,000

1,000,000,000

1,500,000,000

-1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Period

Colonie Energy Usage Actual Mmbtu’s 68 to 69 sf

3,500

4,000

2,000

2,500

3,000

Mm

btu'

s

224's Total Mmbtu's

500

1,000

1,500

-1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Period

Colonie Energy Usage Total Actual Kwh 68 to 69 sf

200 000

250,000

150,000

200,000

Kw

h

224's Kwh

50,000

100,000

-1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Period

Colonie Energy Usage Total Actual Therms 68 to 69 sf

35,000

40,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

herm

s

224's Therms

5,000

10,000

15,000

Th

-1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Period

Colonie Energy Usage Actual Co2 68 to 69 sf

200.00

250.00

150.00

Co2 224's Actual Co2

50.00

100.00

-1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Period

Colonie Total Cost on Electric 68 to 69 sf

30000

35000

20000

25000

llar's

-$

224's Total Cost on Electric

5000

10000

15000Do

0

5000

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Period

Colonie Total Dollars per Btu 68 to 69 sf

0 0000140

0.0000160

0.0000180

0 0000080

0.0000100

0.0000120

0.0000140

Dol

lar's

-$

224's Total Btu's

0.0000020

0.0000040

0.0000060

0.0000080D

-1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Period

Colonie Grand Total on Electric & Gas 68 to 69 sf

50000

60000

30000

40000

Dol

lars

-$

224's Grand Total on Electric

10000

20000

D

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Period

Results � Initial install is operating at 92% uptime� Initial install is operating at 92% uptime. � Still analyzing payback and return on

investment. Generally it is five years or less.investment. Generally it is five years or less. � Optimizing use of heat is an evolving process.

Questions?Questions?