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Oregon Lands Could Reopen to Logging

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FuelCell Energy Partner Commissions Europe's First High Temperature Fuel Cell Wastewater Treatment Power Plant to Operate on Sewage Gas

FuelCell Energy announced that its European partner MTU CFC Solutions, a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler and RWE Fuel Cells have commissioned a power plant incorporating FuelCell Energy’s technology to run a municipal wastewater treatment facility in northeastern Germany. Plans for the 250-kilowatt facility, first disclosed last year, called for installation of MTU’s HotModule power plant. This system combines FCE’s efficient and low-emission Direct Fuel Cell stacks with MTU’s balance of plant design that it manufactures for the European market. Situated at the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Works in Ahlen, Germany, it is the first fuel cell in Europe to operate on anaerobic digester gas. Using sewage gas produced by the Ahlen facility itself as fuel, the power plant generates electricity to run the wastewater treatment process; any excess power is fed to the grid. The power plant also generates 180 kilowatts of heat byproduct. Ahlen harnesses this energy to operate its digestion tower (where sewage sludge is turned into the gas fuel source), while any remaining thermal energy is used to heat its office and plant buildings there. The newly operational wastewater treatment plant, one of 10 worldwide in which FuelCell Energy products are involved replaced a combustion engine-driven cogeneration unit. Industrial […]

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WorldWater & Power Corp. Awarded Contract for the First Solar Project for DuPont

WorldWater & Power Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: WWAT), today announced that it has been awarded a bid contract to build and install the first solar electric power generation system for DuPont (NYSE: DD). The photovoltaic (PV) system will provide solar energy for the Photovoltaic Solutions technical laboratory in Wilmington, Delaware. The system will serve as a Photovoltaic Demonstration Unit for DuPont. The ground-mounted system will produce 40 kilowatts of AC power using four arrays of PV panels. The system will have a touch screen display in the foyer of the main building so that visitors can observe the function and energy output of the system at any time. The contract calls for the installation to be completed before mid January 2006 and to be operational shortly thereafter. “Photovoltaic power is an excellent option to provide a significant portion of our renewable energy goals,” said Tom Earnest, global venture manager, DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions. “We are very pleased to see the promise of PV power delivered to our own facilities through our relationship with WorldWater & Power.” Quentin T. Kelly, Chairman and CEO of WorldWater & Power, said, “We applaud DuPont’s commitment to sustainable growth, and we are proud to be part […]

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