FuelCell Plant Certified by Key Japanese Group
FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NasdaqNM:FCEL) has announced that the Japan Institute of Wastewater Engineering Technology (JIWET) has completed a comprehensive review of the DFC300A power plant operating at Seibu Wastewater Treatment Plant, certifying that the product meets or exceeds the independent industry trade group’s examination standards for electrical efficiency, heat recovery efficiency, air emissions and operational stability in anaerobic digester gas (ADG) applications. Certification of the Direct FuelCell (DFC) unit by JIWET was the result of more than a year of testing and evaluation by the group in conjunction with the city of Fukuoka, operator of the Seibu plant; Marubeni Corporation, FuelCell Energy’s Asian distributor; and Kyushu Electric, one of Japan’s five largest utilities. JIWET’s certification process reviewed the plant’s electrical efficiency; its exhaust heat recovery; and its ability to reduce atmospheric pollutants like particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and sulfuric oxides. The DFC unit was confirmed to eliminate these air pollutants to levels lower than one-tenth the emissions permissible under Japan’s strict environmental laws. “Certification from JIWET is an important endorsement of Marubeni’s long-term investment in FuelCell Energy’s products,” said Mamoru Sekiyama, Corporate Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Marubeni Corporation. “Direct FuelCell power plants operating on renewable bio gas […]