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Petra Power looks to modernize energy for data centers and defense vehicles
Publisher description: The startup says its fuel cells are super efficient and cut fuel costs during a time when the tech industry can’t get enough electricity.
TechCrunch | Oct 10, 2026 | Lucas Ropek
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One of the companies leading the charge is Petra Power. Petra, which was founded in 2017, sells solid oxide fuel cells — ceramic devices that convert fuel, like natural gas, into electric power without burning it. The efficiency, and the cost savings that come with it, is what makes the fuel cells attractive. “Combustion takes fuel and creates explosions,” Goodman said, describing how traditional power generation works. “Those explosions create heat.
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