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Article: United States: fuelcell Energy awarded $1.9M grant.
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- October 1, 2009
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Danbury-based FuelCell Energy Inc. has won a $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to increase the efficiency of power-generating fuel cells by recovering and reusing more of the heat they generate.
The manufacturer of high-efficiency, ultra-clean power plants using renewable and other fuels will use the funds, which came from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the federal energy department, to develop a system using microchannel technology in the "recuperator," a heat exchanger within the fuel cell.
"This award is the first of several we hope to win under the ARRA," Christopher Bentley, FuelCell Energy's executive vice ...