December 17, 2002 [SolarAccess.com] The Marubeni Corporation and FuelCell Energy, Inc. announced the siting of a Direct FuelCell (DFC) power plant at the Nippon Metal Industry Co., Ltd., in Japan. Marubeni, Asian partner of fuel cell developer FuelCell Energy, will install a 250 kW DFC power plant to the Sagamihara Works of Nippon Metal in the second quarter of 2003. The facility, located in the City of Sagamihara, Prefecture of Kanagawa, produces specialty steels for a wide variety of applications and industries worldwide – including for use in FuelCell Energy’s fuel cell stacks. The DFC cogeneration unit will operate using town gas and supply the facility with electricity and steam.
