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New majority partner takes over fuel cell development center
The state of Ohio contributed to the original development with $5-million in Third Frontier grants
by WKSU's TIM RUDELL


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Tim Rudell
 
Stark State College has a fuel cell campus and the Rolls Royce (soon to be LG) development center has been located there since 2005
Courtesy of Stark State College
In The Region:

The name and ownership are changing, but the world headquarters for what’s been  Rolls Royce Fuel Cell Systems is staying in northern Stark County.  WKSU’s Tim Rudell reports.

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Even as US government support for fuel cell research wanes 

Korean industrial and electronics giant LG  is investing $45-million dollars for a majority stake in the Rolls Royce fuel-cell center  housed on the campus of Stark State College.  In a joint statement, the companies said the venture will bear the name of new 51% owner LG, but its mission to develop very large fuel cells for commercial, industrial and utility uses is unchanged.

Going forward
 
Ohio Fuel Cell Coalition’s Pat Valente says unique positives about the region attracted LG; including newly discovered shale gas deposits.  Big institutional fuel cells get hydrogen they need from natural gas. “The supply chain that’s in Ohio, the research at Case-Western, the facility at Stark State, including the training of technicians to service the fuel cells, put the natural gas on top of that…the ingredients are there for just a phenomenal joint venture.”

Broader plan 

Late last year LG announced that it would invest $7-billion dollars world-wide in green energy technologies. 


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