- Recently issued Executive Order 13693 -- Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade - supports Federal Government adoption of fuel cells, with a broad range of applications including carbon capture configurations
- Recognition of low carbon profile, continuous power generation, and favorable environmental aspects of stationary fuel cell power plants
- Fuel cell projects attract private capital enabling a pay-as-you-go approach for Federal agencies, with the existing Business Energy Investment Tax Credit supporting private capital to provide public benefits
DANBURY, Conn., April 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FuelCell Energy, Inc. (FCEL), a global leader in the design, manufacture, operation and service of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable fuel cell power plants, applauds the sustainability leadership of the U.S. Federal Government with the recent executive order titled "Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade" that directs executive departments and agencies, including the Department of Defense, to undertake actions that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 percent over the next decade while at the same time fostering innovation, reducing spending, and strengthening the clean energy economy. The high efficiency of fuel cells combined with the virtual lack of pollutants from the power generation process is recognized with their inclusion for meeting the minimum required percentages of sustainable electric and thermal energy under the Order as well as the greenhouse gas reduction requirements.
The FuelCell Energy technology efficiently separates and concentrates CO2 as a side reaction during the power generation process. The CO2 can then be cooled and condensed, using commercially available absorption chilling technology and either used for commercial purposes or sequestered. Whether on-site power generation applications or supporting an existing coal or gas-fired power plant, the carbon capture fuel cell solution is an affordable approach utilizing commercially available Direct FuelCells(R) (DFC(R)) manufactured in America by FuelCell Energy.
Multi-megawatt fuel cell installations solve power generation challenges as the combination of near-zero pollutants, modest land-use needs, and the quiet operating nature of fuel cell power plants facilitates their siting in high density areas with limited or expensive real estate. Fuel cell installations offer a multitude of advantages for power users and neighboring communities, including:
- Environmentally friendly power generation with virtually zero nitrogen oxide (NOx) that causes smog, sulfur dioxide (SOx) that contributes to acid rain, or particulate matter that aggravates asthma, and the power is delivered with a low carbon footprint, or even zero carbon emissions when configured for carbon capture
- Distributed power generation places power near where it is used, enhancing the resiliency of the electric grid
- Highly efficient power generation process that is economical
- Continuous renewable power around the clock that is not reliant on weather or time of day
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Direct FuelCell(R) power plants are generating ultra-clean, efficient and reliable power at more than 50 locations worldwide. With more than 300 megawatts of power generation capacity installed or in backlog, FuelCell Energy is a global leader in providing ultra-clean baseload distributed generation to utilities, industrial operations, universities, municipal water treatment facilities, government installations and other customers around the world. The Company's power plants have generated more than 3 billion kilowatt hours of ultra-clean power using a variety of fuels including renewable biogas from wastewater treatment and food processing, as well as clean natural gas. For more information, please visit www.fuelcellenergy.com
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