Marubeni Corp. (Japan) and FuelCell Energy Inc. (FCE, Danbury, CT) announced the siting of two Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plants at the Seiko Epson facilities in the City of Ina, Nagano Prefecture, in Japan. Marubeni will supply two 250kW DFC power plants to the First Energy Service Company Ltd. (FESCO, Tokyo, Japan), an energy services company who will own and operate the units in the fourth quarter of 2003. FESCO has a long-term contract to supply power to Seiko Epson's Quartz Device Division. The DFC units will operate on liquefied natural gas and provide clean, reliable power and steam to the industrial site.
"We are pleased to provide Seiko Epson with a very clean, highly-efficient, distributed power generation system for their Ina facility," said Marc Aube, vice president of Marubeni Power. "Seiko Epson sees 'harmonization with the global environment as a priority issue for its corporate management and has committed itself to environmental conservation activities on a company-wide basis.' The present fuel cell project is part of this wider endeavor to protect the environment. DFCs offer a clean alternative to traditional reciprocating, engine-based, distributed generation."
