Fuel-cell backup power for three Eastern Cape schools

The South African Department of Science and Technology (DST), in partnership with JSE-listed miner Anglo American Platinum and gas products company Air Products, has rolled out three 5 kW hydrogen fuel cell systems to provide backup power for three schools in the Cofimvaba area of the country's Eastern Cape. Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor unveiled the systems at the Mvuso Junior Secondary School, the Mfebe Senior Secondary School and St Marks Junior Secondary School, noting that they formed part of the department’s drive to apply technological solutions to solve the energy, sanitation, health and nutrition problems encountered by these schools.