Fuel cell developer Acumentrics Corporation and European heating appliance market leader Merloni Termosanitari (MTS) Group have formed a consortium with major European and North American utilities to demonstrate and field trial a residential solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) micro combined heat and power (mCHP) system.

An Acumentrics Corporation fuel cell system has exceeded 10,500 hours of operation to become the longest-running small scale solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system.

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has awarded Acumentrics Corporation a 3-and-a-half year $15.6 million (including the cost-share provided by Acumentrics) grant to continue advancement of the company's tubular solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology and to double the size of the units to 10 kilowatts.

An Acumentrics Corporation fuel cell system kept the Cuyahoga Valley National Park's environmental education center powered during a 26-hour power outage that resulted from a grid failure last week.

Massachusetts Senator John Kerry (D-MA) visited th