August 21, 2002—FuelCell Energy and its partner, PPL Energy Services, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation, will install a 250 kilowatt Direct FuelCell (DFC) power plant at Ocean County College in Toms River, New Jersey. The power plant, which will run on natural gas, will be manufactured by FuelCell Energy in Connecticut and will be installed by PPL Energy Services.
The power plant is to be operated in a co-generation mode, supplying both electricity and heat to several buildings on the campus. It will be sited next to one of the buildings and feed power into the central power and heating system located in the basement. The power plant will supply about 90 percent of the day-to-day and backup power needs for three buildings. It will also supply 20 percent of the heating for the college’s central heating loop. Natural gas for the power plant will be supplied by New Jersey Natural Gas.
The total value of the project is $1.65 million. The New Jersey Clean Energy Fund will provide $827,000 in the form of grants.
