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One Fuel Cell Company Goes Bankrupt, Another Expands

April 30, 2014April 4, 2022 by Linda Hardesty

Fuel cell maker ClearEdge Power abruptly laid off 268 employees and intends to file for bankruptcy, reports the Hartford Business Journal. An attorney for the company sent a letter to Connecticut officials, saying the company had fallen on hard times due to a lack of business and a cash shortage. ... Read more »

Fuel Cells Get a Bad Rap for Using Natural Gas

April 10, 2014April 22, 2022 by Linda Hardesty

ClearEdge Power says there is a tendency to discount fuel cell-based energy as less green than other clean energy methods because fuel cells use natural gas. ClearEdge has penned a white paper to explain the benefits of fuel cell combined heat and power (CHP) as it applies to commercial building ... Read more »

Stationary Fuel Cell Market to Top $2bn this Year

March 7, 2014September 1, 2022 by William Opalka

Annual revenue in the stationary fuel cell market will double to $2 billion this year form 2012’s $1 billion, according to a new report from Navigant Research, Stationary Fuel Cells.. Navigant also forecasts that even under conservative growth estimates, the industry will be shipping 6.9 GW per annum of stationary ... Read more »

Fuel Cells Power TV Studio

February 4, 2014 by Linda Hardesty

CTS Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Connecticut Studios, is acquiring 12 PureCell Model 400 fuel cell systems from ClearEdge Power for its motion picture and television studio and production facility, which it is building in South Windsor, Conn. As part of the Connecticut Studios project, CTS Energy is developing ... Read more »

First National Bank of Omaha Upgrades its Fuel Cell System

November 25, 2013 by Linda Hardesty

First National Bank of Omaha has upgraded to a PureCell Model 400 fuel cell system from ClearEdge Power for the bank’s First National Technology Center in Omaha, Neb. The fuel cell is installed in the main floor of the building and provides 400 kW of heat and power to the ... Read more »

Major Players Exit High Temperature PEM Fuel Cell Technology

September 3, 2013March 23, 2022 by Staff Writer

BASF and ClearEdge have both exited the high temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cell development market, but that does not mean the technology is declining, reports Fuel Cell Today. Instead, their exit will open up the market and enable smaller players to service it. BASF announced that it would ... Read more »

Verizon Plans $100m Investment in Solar, Fuel Cells

May 2, 2013April 5, 2022 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Verizon says it will invest $100 million in solar and fuel-cell energy projects with SunPower and ClearEdge Power that will help power 19 of its facilities in seven states across the country. When completed next year, the project will enable Verizon to annually generate more than 70 million kWh of its own green ... Read more »

Glum Outlook for Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Says Lux

January 10, 2013March 23, 2022 by Linda Hardesty

The supply of hydrogen is not the problem with the lackluster uptake of hydrogen fuel cells, according to a report from Lux Research. Despite a $83 billion global hydrogen supply chain, adoption of fuel cells is extremely limited, and hydrogen is rarely used in energy generation, says Lux. Capital cost, ... Read more »

Distributed Energy: The Future is Rosy

January 8, 2013April 4, 2022 by Linda Hardesty

There are several factors making distributed generation technologies such as fuel cells and turbines attractive for the future as a replacement for grid-generated electricity. One of the biggest factors is the low price of natural gas. Fuel cells and turbines that run on natural gas benefit from price declines, according ... Read more »

ClearEdge Power Acquires UTC Power

December 27, 2012April 6, 2022 by Tamar Wilner

Fuel-cell maker ClearEdge Power of Hillsboro, Oregon, is buying UTC Power for an undisclosed sum. All 380 employees of UTC Power will transition to ClearEdge. Read more at Energy Manager Today.

Fuel Cell Industry to Hit $15.7B by 2017

August 7, 2012August 30, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

The global fuel cell industry had a mixed year with portable system shipments contracting 16 percent, while the stationary sector grew 75 percent from 2010, according to a report from Pike Research. The Fuel Cells Annual Report 2012 says the overall industry has expanded at a rapid pace, posting a ... Read more »

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