Fuel Cells for Supermarkets DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee
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.
Incentives and Grants are Available ¾Partnership with NYSERDA has yielded opportunities to
reduce grid dependence
Experts in the FieldExperts in the Field
¾UTC experience
¾NYSERDA support
¾First site converted¾First site converted
¾First Field Connected UTC 400Kw cell
Green InitiativeGreen Initiative
9 Building Construction 9 Refrigeration System 9 Energy Production 9 Lighting
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.