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25 January 2012

America’s top companies energized by fuel cell power

A new report from Fuel Cells 2000 highlights 34 corporate customers in the US that have installed, deployed, or purchased more than 250 fuel cell power systems and hundreds of backup power units – totaling more than 30 MW of power capacity – in the past year. This is in addition to more than 1000 fuel cell powered forklifts.
02 November 2011

Plug Power launches next-generation GenDrive fuel cell products for lift trucks

Plug Power has unveiled the next generation of its widely deployed GenDrive hydrogen fuel cell products for material handling applications.
26 October 2011

American Electric Technologies introduces news solar inverters

American Electric Technologies Inc. (AETI) is introducing two 1000 V Integrated Solar Inversion Station (ISIS™) solar inverter modules.
21 October 2011

Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition now approaching fast

The 2011 Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition (FCS&E) is taking place October 31 to November 3 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida.
17 October 2011

FuelCell Energy awarded $3 million for carbon capture project utilizing fuel cells

The Department of Energy has awarded Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy a $3.0 million contract to evaluate the use of Direct FuelCell systems to efficiently and cost-effectively separate carbon dioxide from the emissions of existing coal-fired power plants, prior to sequestration.
03 October 2011

Enphase solar microinverters outperform PVWatts predictions

Enphase Energy says solar photovoltaic (PV) installations using its microinverters outperform the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) PVWatts calculator predictions by 8% on average.
01 September 2011

SMA expands Sunny Tower solar PV inverter capacity SMA expands Sunny Tower solar PV inverter capacity

SMA has expanded the capacity of its Sunny Tower solar photovoltaic (PV) inverter system to include 30 through 48 kW configurations.
29 August 2011

DOE awards $7 million to advance fuel cell, hydrogen storage systems research

The Department of Energy has announced nearly $7 million over five years for independent cost analyses that will support research and development efforts for fuel cells and hydrogen storage systems. The four projects – in California, Ohio, and two in Virginia – aim to find ways to reduce component and manufacturing costs.
10 August 2011

FERC Sets Out Energy Transmission and Cost Policy

The American Wind Energy Association has welcomed new rules requiring transmission providers to file regional energy plans.
25 July 2011

Policy Decisions Slow US Renewable Energy Take-up, says Report.

A new report considers renewables one of the most high profile aspects of the US 'clean economy' but says the sector has suffered from unhelpful policies.
18 July 2011

ECOtality and car2go Launch All-Electric Car-Share ECOtality and car2go Launch All-Electric Car-Share

Three hundred smart electric drive vehicles will make up largest all-electric fleet in the United States
18 July 2011

AT&T to power 11 California sites with Bloom Energy fuel cells

Bloom Energy is to install its fuel cell Energy Servers at 11 AT&T sites in California. The Bloom Energy Servers are expected to produce a total of 7.5 MW of cleaner onsite power for the AT&T facilities, using advanced solid oxide fuel cell technology.
13 July 2011

California Needs Aggressive Efficiency and Electrification

Scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory says California needs to use a combination of measures and energy sources including enhanced efficiency, renewable energy and grid modernization, to meet emissions reductions targets.
25 May 2011

FuelCell Energy wins SECA contract to continue development of 60 kW clean-coal solid oxide fuel cell

Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy has won an $11.7 million cost-share award from the US Department of Energy, to build and operate a 60 kW solid oxide fuel cell module utilizing the cell and stack designs of its partner, Versa Power Systems.
03 May 2011

ARPA-E Pumps US$130m into Energy Research

Up to US$130 million is being made available for advanced energy research projects, including renewable energy, by the Department of Energy’s (DoE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
21 April 2011

FuelCell Energy wins research contracts for renewable biogas processing, carbon capture

Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy has won two subcontracts for renewable biogas processing using fuel cells under a Department of Energy program, as well as an award from the Environmental Protection Agency to research carbon capture.
12 April 2011

LOGANEnergy to deploy 19 fuel cell units at nine military, NASA locations across US

The US Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL) has contracted LOGANEnergy Corporation to deploy 19 fuel cell backup power systems at nine locations across the US.
15 March 2011

Renewable Energy Focus at EWEA 2011

The Renewable Energy Focus team is at the European Wind Energy Association's annual conference and exhibition EWEA 2011.
14 March 2011

Going to Hannover Fair? Get your free ticket

As part of a media partnership deal with the forthcoming Hannover Fair, we have managed to secure complimentary tickets for our readers...
04 March 2011

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