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Depoe Bay council confirms letter authorizing community energy backup grant application
Summary
Council heard a presentation on a Department of Energy–linked emergency backup power plan that would place solar, hydrogen generation and fuel-cell systems at City Hall and the community center; the council approved a letter of authorization to include the project in a construction grant application.
Depoe Bay City Council approved a letter of authorization allowing staff to include a local clean-energy backup system in a construction grant application after hearing a technical presentation on the proposal.
The project team described a system with solar panels at City Hall, on-site hydrogen generation and fuel-cell backup units to supply the emergency operations center and a community shelter. Presenters said the proposal also would include a stationary unit to meet a roughly 12-kilowatt peak load at the community center and one portable 8-kilowatt fuel-cell generator for events or temporary emergency use. The project budget presented to the council was about…
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