[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 46 (Thursday, March 14, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S1894]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                  50TH ANNIVERSARY OF FUELCELL ENERGY

 Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, today I wish to recognize 
FuelCell Energy as it celebrates 50 years of dedication to the research 
and delivery of clean, affordable fuel cell solutions.
  Founded in 1969 by Dr. Bernard Baker as the Energy Research 
Corporation, the company has grown exponentially over the past half 
century. Starting as a highly regarded research company focused on 
electrochemical battery and fuel cell technologies, FuelCell Energy is 
now a worldwide leader in its field.
  The Danbury, CT, based company provides efficient commercial fuel 
cell solutions for the supply, recovery, and storage of energy. Fifty 
years of tireless commitment, diligent effort, and creative innovation 
has resulted in SureSource power plants located in three continents. 
These power plants have produced over 8.7 million megawatt-hours of 
ultraclean power.
  FuelCell Energy invests its work in all steps of the process: 
recognizing a need, developing a solution, and then implementing a 
solution in an economic and sustainable manner. The breadth of their 
successes and the critical level of forward progress in the realm of 
clean energy are truly impressive. Thanks to their remarkable efforts, 
FuelCell Energy enables universities, commercial enterprises, 
government entities, and other industries the opportunity to make clean 
choices in a more affordable and accessible way than ever before.
  As they mark this important anniversary, the company continues to 
look toward the future, searching for even more effective options that 
will benefit our planet and its people. Though there is still more 
progress to be made, FuelCell Energy stands at the forefront of past 
innovation and future possibility.
  Devoted to creating energy solutions that will make it easier for 
more and more industries to use clean power, FuelCell Energy is a 
positive model for modernization and advancement in this vital field. I 
applaud the accomplishments of FuelCell Energy's visionary leaders and 
highly skilled and dedicated workers and hope my colleagues will join 
me in congratulating FuelCell Energy on 50 years of excellence.

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