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Plenty of executive appointments over the past two weeks. Here’s Electrical Marketing’s expanded coverage of personnel changes in the electrical market.
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Wire man John Pasqual and lighting rep Jack Melnick
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Electrical product prices remained on their flat trend, showing no change from October and little change in almost all major product categories.
Dec. 21, 2012
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Privately-owned housing starts in November were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 861,000, 3% below the revised October estimate, but 21.6% above the Nov. 2011 rate.
Dec. 21, 2012
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Veteran reps form new agency in Raleigh; WinWholesale buys Lloyd Graves in Texas; United Electric Supply expands through acquisition; and more.
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Dec. 21, 2012
Kaman Industrial Technologies (KIT), the industrial distribution business Kaman Corp., Bloomfield, Conn., has built up in recent acquisitions of Minarik, Zeller Electric and others...
Dec. 21, 2012
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg offered an update on the city’s plans to renovate its infrastructure to withstand future storms.
Dec. 7, 2012

FuelCell Energy And DOE Enter Into $24 Million Cooperative Agreement

FuelCell Energy Inc., Danbury, Conn., has concluded an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the three-year first phase of its Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) program.
Sept. 24, 2004

FuelCell Energy Inc., Danbury, Conn., has concluded an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the three-year first phase of its Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) program.

Phase one is a $24 million cooperative cost-sharing agreement between DOE and the FuelCell Energy team, which includes Versa Power Systems, Materials and Systems Research Inc., Gas Technology Institute, University of Utah, Electric Power Research Institute, Dana Corp., and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

The goal of the SECA program is to accelerate the development of low-cost solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), a key element of DOE’s commitment to developing clean, efficient, reliable, and affordable power generation for virtually all markets. Target markets identified include remote sites, telecommunications, commercial and residential buildings, back-up, mobile standby, and auxiliary power units.

In April 2003, FuelCell Energy was selected by the DOE to lead a project team for its three-phase, 10-year, $139 million SECA program. The FuelCell Energy team started work on the phase-one SECA program in July 2003 via a pre-award authorization from the DOE.