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FuelCell Energy
FuelCell Energy, Inc. is a publicly traded fuel cell company headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut. It designs, manufactures, operates and services Direct Fuel Cell power plants, which is a type of molten carbonate fuel cell.
As one of the biggest publicly traded fuel cell manufacturers in the U.S., the company provides clean energy in over 50 locations all over the world. It operates the world’s largest fuel cell park, Gyeonggi Green Energy Fuel cell park, which is located in South Korea.
The park consists of 21 power plants providing 59 Megawatt of electricity plus district heating to a number of customers in South Korea. It also operates the largest fuel cell park in North America, consisting of five 2.8MW power plants and a rankine cycle turbine bottoming cycle in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It's customer base covers commercial and industrial enterprises including utility companies, municipalities, and universities.
The company was founded as Energy Research Corporation (ERC) in 1969 by early fuel cell pioneers Bernard Baker and Martin Klein, both chemical engineers with experience in advanced battery technologies. From the 1970s to 1990s, with sponsorship from U.S. military and other utility companies, the company extended to low-temperature fuel cell area and high-temperature carbonate fuel systems, which proved to have greater potential in commercial applications.
It completed its IPO in 1992 and was renamed as FuelCell Energy, Inc. It spun off its battery division, Evercel, in 1999. FuelCell Energy began expanding globally in 2007 through a partnership with POSCO Energy, targeting markets in Southeast Asia, particularly South Korea, but the company announced the termination of the partnership in 2020.
In 2012, the company’s European facility was established with German-based FuelCell Energy Solutions, GmbH. In the same year, it completed a joint venture with Fraunhofer IKTS and acquired Versa Power Systems, Inc.
Beginning in 2012, FuelCell entered into a partnership with ExxonMobil, removing carbon dioxide from the exhaust of Exxon’s power plants through the carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) process. In 2019, the two companies expanded their joint-development agreement, with a focus on enhancing carbonate fuel cell technology for the purpose of capturing carbon dioxide from industrial facilities.
In 2017 FuelCell entered an agreement with Toyota to develop a facility at Long Beach, California. The Tri-Gen system will convert California agricultural waste into 2.35 megawatts of electricity and 1.2 tons of hydrogen per day. The hydrogen will be used in Toyota Mirai sedans and heavy-duty trucks in short-distance fleets.
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FuelCell Energy
FuelCell Energy, Inc. is a publicly traded fuel cell company headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut. It designs, manufactures, operates and services Direct Fuel Cell power plants, which is a type of molten carbonate fuel cell.
As one of the biggest publicly traded fuel cell manufacturers in the U.S., the company provides clean energy in over 50 locations all over the world. It operates the world’s largest fuel cell park, Gyeonggi Green Energy Fuel cell park, which is located in South Korea.
The park consists of 21 power plants providing 59 Megawatt of electricity plus district heating to a number of customers in South Korea. It also operates the largest fuel cell park in North America, consisting of five 2.8MW power plants and a rankine cycle turbine bottoming cycle in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It's customer base covers commercial and industrial enterprises including utility companies, municipalities, and universities.
The company was founded as Energy Research Corporation (ERC) in 1969 by early fuel cell pioneers Bernard Baker and Martin Klein, both chemical engineers with experience in advanced battery technologies. From the 1970s to 1990s, with sponsorship from U.S. military and other utility companies, the company extended to low-temperature fuel cell area and high-temperature carbonate fuel systems, which proved to have greater potential in commercial applications.
It completed its IPO in 1992 and was renamed as FuelCell Energy, Inc. It spun off its battery division, Evercel, in 1999. FuelCell Energy began expanding globally in 2007 through a partnership with POSCO Energy, targeting markets in Southeast Asia, particularly South Korea, but the company announced the termination of the partnership in 2020.
In 2012, the company’s European facility was established with German-based FuelCell Energy Solutions, GmbH. In the same year, it completed a joint venture with Fraunhofer IKTS and acquired Versa Power Systems, Inc.
Beginning in 2012, FuelCell entered into a partnership with ExxonMobil, removing carbon dioxide from the exhaust of Exxon’s power plants through the carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) process. In 2019, the two companies expanded their joint-development agreement, with a focus on enhancing carbonate fuel cell technology for the purpose of capturing carbon dioxide from industrial facilities.
In 2017 FuelCell entered an agreement with Toyota to develop a facility at Long Beach, California. The Tri-Gen system will convert California agricultural waste into 2.35 megawatts of electricity and 1.2 tons of hydrogen per day. The hydrogen will be used in Toyota Mirai sedans and heavy-duty trucks in short-distance fleets.