Katrina Disaster Fuels Technology
Posted on: Friday, 25 August 2006, 09:00 CDT
LIVERMORE, Calif., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation hasn't forgotten about it. The city of New Orleans certainly hasn't forgotten about it. And Power Air President Remy Kozak hasn't forgotten about it either.
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall and began its path of destruction across the southeastern part of the United States in what has been determined to be the single largest natural disaster in recent history. In the weeks and months that followed, millions of residents were left to survive without food, water, or electricity. And although Kozak can't make any promises to prevent another hurricane from devastating the United States, he is hoping that his company's new product will help ease the pain of power outages.
Power Air Corporation recently announced that it has plans to release its Zinc Air Fuel Cell, an alternative to traditional gas-powered generators. The emission-free unit, which operates silently on zinc, is the first of its kind to attempt to break into a generator market dominated by gasoline-fueled units. Kozak also notes that the Zinc Air Fuel Cell has many differences from the comparably efficient, emission-free hydrogen fuel cell.
"This cell ultimately has the advantage because of its economic efficiency," he states. "We're planning on a product that rivals the cost per kilowatt of most gasoline-powered generators -- hydrogen fuel cells can't do that."
When the Lights Go Out
In the days and weeks following Katrina, many residents faced a unique problem: They had generators, but they had no way to get gasoline to run them.
"I can't imagine how much of a benefit it would have been for a lot of those residents to have had our generator available to them in their time of crisis," states Kozak. "If you consider any natural disaster, where the quality of the environment is already hostile, can you imagine the advantage of being able to shelter yourself indoors with a generator inside your building?"
Looking Towards the Future
Power Air Corporation (http://www.poweraircorp.com/), a publicly traded company, which trades under the symbol PWAC (BULLETIN BOARD: PWAC) , also has plans to market the Zinc Air Fuel Cell overseas. Kozak believes that South America and Africa, with their often undependable power infrastructure, are two regions that are likely to be interested in the new technology. That's in addition to the approximate 42 million sites that are already available for potential sales within the United States.
"This will catch on -- I have no doubt about it," says Kozak. "The technology picks up where previous technology has left off."
In a nation that is looking to move forward on the anniversary of its greatest natural disaster, perhaps his statement holds a special level of significance.
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