FuelCell Energy Powers SUNY Syracuse Campus

FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NasdaqNM:FCEL) today announced the sale of a 250-kilowatt Direct FuelCell (DFC) power plant to generate onsite electricity and provide residual heat for domestic hot water and heating at the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) in Syracuse. The transaction, arranged by Milton Cat Inc., the Caterpillar Inc. dealer representing the Syracuse area, includes site engineering and installation of the DFC300A power plant and related equipment. Caterpillar and FuelCell Energy have an alliance agreement to distribute and develop ultra-low emission fuel cell power generation products for industrial and commercial use. FuelCell Energy will provide maintenance under a long-term service agreement with SUNY-ESF. The fuel cell to be installed at SUNY-ESF is expected to provide about 5 percent of the campus’s power. New York Gov. George E. Pataki previously announced this project would receive $1 million in funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The New York Power Authority (NYPA) also is participating as the purchaser of the fuel cell system and administrator on behalf of SUNY-ESF. The “ultra-clean” DFC power plant will play a key role in the campus’s continuing efforts to meet and exceed the renewable […]

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