Watt Fuel Cell Completes Installation of its Latest Generation Fuel Cell System, Watt Home??, Within Peoples Natural Gas Service Territory
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Published on 05/27/2025 at 07:05
WATT Fuel Cell, in partnership with Essential Utilities, has successfully installed the next-generation WATT HOME solid oxide fuel cell system in Peoples Natural Gas' Western Pennsylvania service territory. The installation marks a significant step forward in enhancing energy efficiency and reliability for residential customers. A next-generation WATT HOMEsolid oxide fuel cell installed within the Western Pennsylvania service territory of Peoples Natural Gas, an Essential Utilities company.
WATT HOME fuel cells convert natural gas into electricity through an electrochemical process without combustion, offering a sustainable alternative or complement to traditional energy sources. The WATT HOME system is a cutting-edge technology designed to provide safe, clean, efficient, and reliable energy directly to homes. This system operates by converting natural gas into electricity through an Electrochemical process without combustion, offering an sustainable complement or alternative to traditional energy sources.
The installation of a WATT HOME system brings numerous advantages to the homeowner and community at large. Those advantages include increased efficiency, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and a smaller physical footprint. As a back-up power solution, the WATT HOME system provides a dependable source of electricity, minimizing the impact of grid outages.
On average, U.S. electricity customers experience approximately 5.5 hours of electricity interruptions annually. WATT HOME fuel cell systems keep the lights on during outages without the noise or pollution created by standard backup power generators. As part of Peoples' commitment to advance innovative energy solutions, Pennsylvania's natural gas utility plans pilot installations of the WATT HOME system in multiple company field offices.
These projects will help define the installation and operational process across different use cases, informing a future public rollout.