Fuel cells are being purchased NOW, by utilities to compensate for their capacity problems in wake of increasing demand and DCHT will capture their fair share. I respect your opinion, and understand you disagree, but disagree for an informed reason. Forget cars, thats 4 to 5 years off. It is for back up power to avoid catastrophe's like what happenned in NY, Chicago and Michigan the last few weeks.
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Press Release
July 19, 1999
Northwest Power Systems Buys DCH Technology Fuel Cell System
BEND, Ore., July 19 / PRNewswire / -- Northwest Power Systems (NPS) today announced the
purchase of a 3 kilowatt fuel cell system from DCH Technology (OTC Bulletin Board: DCHT -
news) that will be integrated with NPS's patented fuel processor.
The purchase is the most recent in a series made by NPS from a growing list of fuel cell
manufacturers, including De Nora, S.p.A., Milan, Italy, with which NPS has a long-term fuel cell
supply agreement.
"This purchase from DCH Technology is strategic to the integration of our proprietary fuel
processor with fuel cells from as many different manufacturers as possible,'' said Alan
Guggenheim, president of Northwest Power Systems.
"Our objective is to test approximately 25 small-scale, experimental prototype fuel cell systems
the next 12 months, and more than 150 the next three years. We expect a dozen fuel cell
manufacturers to participate in the program,'' he said.
NPS's core technology is a patented fuel processor for generating pure hydrogen that a fuel cell
needs to produce electricity.
DCH Technology is manufacturing an integrated PEM (proton exchange membrane) fuel cell
system, incorporating a NPS fuel processor, designed to supply residential electricity, said
Guggenheim. The unit will be similar to NPS systems, incorporating De Nora fuel cells, that
have already been tested in a dozen northwest homes and businesses the past 12 months.
NPS takes a "systems'' approach to integrating its fuel processor with fuel cells from various
manufacturers. NPS's objective is the commercialization of a variety of fuel cell products that
will include models operating on methanol, ethanol, propane, diesel, kerosene, natural gas and
other fuels. The DCH Technology unit will operate on methanol.
NPS's fuel cell systems, rated 2.5 kilowatts to 3.5 kilowatts, are targeted for stationary and
portable applications. NPS's largest customers for experimental prototype fuel processors and
fully integrated fuel cell systems include the Bonneville Power Administration, an agency of the
U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), and Sandia National Laboratories, a prime contractor to DoE.
BPA will field-test NPS's fuel cell systems under a long-term, $3.5 million purchase order
contract for delivery of 110 fuel cell units between 1999 and 2003.
Founded in 1996, Northwest Power Systems is a subsidiary of IDACORP Technologies, Inc.,
Boise, Idaho, a non-regulated subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc. (NYSE: IDA - news).
SOURCE: Northwest Power Systems
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