One of the world's leading heavy machinery manufacturers has managed to produce power from a generator using fuel cell technology.

According to Jiji Press, the generator used by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) achieves high efficiency by combining the fuel cell with a gas turbine.

The news firm said that the company managed to generate 75 kilowatts of electricity from its test model of the system.

It was handed funding from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization in order to explore the project.

The fuel cell generates power by using hydrogen extracted from gas and the portion of hydrogen left unprocessed by the cell, together with high-temperature air, is sent to the turbine for additional power generation.

Mitsubishi Heavy reportedly hopes to develop a system with an output of 200 kilowatts during the next financial year. Platinum and pgms are used in most types of fuel cell.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is involved in heavy manufacture, including shipbuilding, steel structures, power plants, chemical plants, environmental equipment, industrial and general machinery, aircraft, space rocketry and air-conditioning systems.

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