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Fuel Cell in Community Energy System

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In contrast with the traditional, centralized electricity grid (macrogrid), the microgrid is a modern, localized, small-scale energy grid with a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources incorporating the storage.

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    Hang Yu, Zishuo Huang & Yiqun Pan

  2. Tongji University, Shanghai, Shanghai, China

    Weiding Long

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Yu, H., Huang, Z., Pan, Y., Long, W. (2020). Fuel Cell in Community Energy System. In: Guidelines for Community Energy Planning. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9600-7_12

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