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Can Fuel Cells Power a Cargo Ship? These Companies Think So

  • Partnership will develop cargo ships powered by fuel cells
  • Could give shipping industry a way to cut greenhouse emissions

Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg

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Fuel cells have so far failed to gain traction on the road as a clean way to power cars. Bloom Energy Corp. is betting they’ll work better at sea.