The county lacked the electrical grid to supply cell towers with power.

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But reformation eliminates the need to supply the cell with pure hydrogen, making the whole process cheaper.

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Without an adequate supply of them a cell cannot grow big enough to divide.

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In my day job I am in the supply chain of this type of fuel cell.

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In other energy news, a team of researchers at Harvard has created an amazing hydrogen fuel cell that keeps running even after its fuel supply is exhausted.

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This thing is just a wee bit cumbersome: 700 square feet to create enough hydrogen to run a fuel cell car 10, 000 miles a year and supply electricity for the house.

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But Hall says that auditing a supply chain for conflict minerals would only increase the price of a cell phone, for example, by a penny.

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The company hopes to be able to supply users with a new, low-cost and robust sort of solar cell, printed onto plastic strips, within two years.

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The Cell processor and its RSX graphics companion are still separate parts, and a similar power supply capacity suggests that neither of the main chips has been built on a more efficient manufacturing process.

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