Scottish HQ for Logan Energy

Kenny Kemp

Logan Energy Limited (LEL), an industry leader in low-carbon fuel cells, has moved to Scotland to capture a surge of interest in greener energy technology.
The company, a sister of Logan Energy Corporation of the US, is now based in Edinburgh and has operated in the UK for more than three years. It recently installed a 200kW fuel cell at Transport for London’s Palestra building, LEL, previously based in Nottingham, has also been commissioned to design install and operate a pilot 200kW combined cooling, heat and power fuel-cell project at the new southern operations centre of Scottish and Southern Energy in Havant, Hampshire.
SSE has a 21% stake in LEL along with Scottish Enterprise’s Co-investment Fund. SSE also invests in Intelligent Energy, a fuel-cell development company.
Bill Ireland, the operations director of LEL, said: “We are seeing increased interest in fuel-cell technology as organisations realise their responsibilities to decrease the impact on the environment.

“Fuel cells have been around for a long time. What is new is the cost per kilowatt, which has dropped substantially.”