FuelCell Energy Inc. (FCE, Danbury, CT) announced that its 1MW Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plant, the DFC1500, has been certified to meet the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) products safety standards for stationary fuel cell systems, ANSI Z21.83, making it the largest power plant to be certified under this standard. The certification will reduce the time and cost for installation of the company's DFC products, and enhances the product's eligibility for incentive funding throughout the US.
The ANSI Z21.83 standard applies to packaged, self-contained or factory-matched packages of integrated systems of fuel cell power plants up to 1MW in capacity using natural gas or liquefied propane gas as a fuel source, and specifically identifies criteria for construction and safety of applicable fuel cell power plants. The DFC1500 has become the first matched modular fuel cell power plant under the ANSI standard. The company's 250kW DFC300A received ANSI Z21.83 certification in April 2003.
