FuelCell Energy, Abengoa team up to develop localized fuel cell power plants for Europe, Latin America

FuelCell Energy Inc. has signed a partnership agreement with Abengoa S.A.to develop localized stationary fuel cell power plants for markets in Europe and Latin America. Under the agreement, Abengoa will develop, manufacture and market stationary fuel cell power plants using fuel cell modules provided by FuelCell Energy. Using a 300-kW proprietary Direct FuelCell module, the initial pilot installation will be at the Abengoa headquarters in Palmas Altas, Spain.

The partners will target markets in Europe and Latin America for megawatt-class DFC power plants, focusing on municipalities, large industrial power users and facilities that generate renewable biogas. Under the partnership, Abengoa will use its experience with biofuels to develop a fuel processing system that will support the use of liquid biofuels as a fuel source for DFC power plants.

SunPower agrees to supply 54 MW of solar power technology to NRG

SunPower Corp. has agreed to supply a total of 54 MW of its solar power technology to NRG Energy Inc. subsidiary NRG Solar. Under a supply agreement, SunPower will deliver 24 MW of high efficiency solar panels to NRG by year-end 2011. The balance of megawatts, as well as a portion of the 2011 panels, will support NRG’s 26-MW Borrego Solar Project in San Diego County, Calif. SunPower will supply its Oasis power plant technology for the Borrego project.

The SunPower Oasis power plant product is a fully integrated, modular solar power block that is engineered to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy utility-scale solar projects while optimizing land use. Each power block integrates the SunPower T0 Tracker with high efficiency SunPower solar panels, pre-manufactured system cabling and other advanced features.

UISOL supplies smart grid architecture to Glendale Water and Power

UISOL has delivered the smart grid architecture to Glendale Water & Power for a progressive and comprehensive smart power program. The smart grid architecture provides the guidelines, standards and processes for the applications, the data, and the integration associated with Smart Grid while overlaying comprehensive security architecture. It empowers GWP to unify all current communications, deploy enterprise service bus technology to enhance systems integration, strengthen firewalls and security measures, improve efficiency of operational and business functions, and lay the foundation for managing future intelligent utility operations. The architecture includes an implementation roadmap over the next five years.

HyperSolar offers ‘No Fracking’ renewable natural gas technology

HyperSolar Inc. which develops a breakthrough technology to make renewable natural gas using solar power, said its technology can help reduce the need for hydraulic fracturing used to access underground natural gas resources. The company’s renewable natural gas is a clean, carbon neutral methane gas that can be produced above ground and used as a direct replacement for traditional natural gas to power the needs of the world. The company’s technology will make pipeline ready renewable natural gas above ground without releasing any volatile compounds into the water supply or the air.

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