FuelCell Energy Sells First 1-MW Power Plant in Japan

FuelCell Energy’s Asian distributor, Marubeni, has sold a one megawatt (MW) Direct FuelCell power plant to provide electric power and high-quality heat for a Sharp production facility in Japan that manufactures advanced flatscreen TVs. The DFC power plant will provide Sharp’s Kameyama manufacturing facility with a portion of its base load electricity needs and supply heat byproduct for air conditioning by means of absorption chilling. The Kameyama factory, situated in the Mie prefecture, occupies 3.5 million square feet (330,000 square meters) and hosts end-to-end production of LCD TVs – construction of the LCD panels through final product assembly. Sharp estimates its share of the market for LCD panels is over 30 percent worldwide. “This is our first international megawatt-class installation, showing growing acceptance in Japan of our larger ultra-clean DFC power plants,” said R. Daniel Brdar, President and CEO of FuelCell Energy. “The manufacturing sector, one of the 10 vertical markets we continue to target, demands the efficient and firm, 24/7 reliable power generation that our DFC units deliver.” The 1 MW DFC power plant will be part of a green onsite generation power system in which the fuel cells will provide base load power, and a photovoltaic array will […]

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