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United Technologies CorporationUnited Technologies Corporation is an American multinational conglomerate based in Hartford, Connecticut. It researches, develops, and manufactures high-technology products in numerous areas, including aircraft engines, helicopters, heating and cooling, fuel cells, elevators and escalators, fire...
(NYSE: UTX) company, is a full-service provider of environmentally responsible power solutions. With 50 years of experience, UTC Power is the world leader in developing and producing fuel cells for on-site power, transportation, space and defense applications, as well as a leader in innovative, renewable energy solutions and combined cooling, heating and power systems for the distributed energy market.
UTC Power began as a division of
Pratt & WhitneyPratt & Whitney is an American aircraft engine manufacturer of products widely used in both civil and military aircraft. As one of the "big three" aero-engine manufacturers, it competes with General Electric and Rolls-Royce, although it has also formed joint ventures with both of these companies...
in 1958.
UTC Power a
United Technologies CorporationUnited Technologies Corporation is an American multinational conglomerate based in Hartford, Connecticut. It researches, develops, and manufactures high-technology products in numerous areas, including aircraft engines, helicopters, heating and cooling, fuel cells, elevators and escalators, fire...
(NYSE: UTX) company, is a full-service provider of environmentally responsible power solutions. With 50 years of experience, UTC Power is the world leader in developing and producing fuel cells for on-site power, transportation, space and defense applications, as well as a leader in innovative, renewable energy solutions and combined cooling, heating and power systems for the distributed energy market.
History
UTC Power began as a division of
Pratt & WhitneyPratt & Whitney is an American aircraft engine manufacturer of products widely used in both civil and military aircraft. As one of the "big three" aero-engine manufacturers, it competes with General Electric and Rolls-Royce, although it has also formed joint ventures with both of these companies...
in 1958. UTC Power supplied fuel cells to NASA for the Apollo space missions, to supply electric power and drinking water for the astronauts on board and, later, for the Space Shuttle missions. In the early 1990s, UTC Power was the first company to manufacture and commercialize a large,
stationary fuel cell applicationStationary fuel cell applications are stationary fuel cell applications that are either connected to the electric grid to provide supplemental power and as emergency power system for critical areas, or installed as a grid-independent generator for on-site service.-Codes and standards:Stationary...
for use as a co-generation power plant. UTC Power uses Fuel Cells in addition to other products such as Microturbines, chillers and heat exchangers in order to offer an array of On-Site Power, Transportation, and Space and Defense Products.
The company was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of UTC and named International Fuel Cells. It has since been renamed UTC Fuel Cells and, most recently, UTC Power. The company has expanded into the broader fuel cell industry over the last 10 years, developing fuel cells for automobiles, buses, and mobile applications.
Products
On-site Power Products:
1) PureCell Model 400
Fuel CellA fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that produces electricity from a replenishable fuel tank. The electricity is generated through the reaction, triggered in the presence of an electrolyte, between the fuel and an oxidant . The reactants flow into the cell, and the reaction products flow out of...
Solution for Datacenters, Supermarkets, Hospitals, Hotels, Educational Institutions and other facilities around the globe.
2) PureComfort Models 195M, 260M, 325M, 390M, 200M and 400M Combined Cooling, Heating and Power Solution
3) PureCycle Model 280 Geothermal Solution
Transportation Products:
1) PureMotion Model 120 System for Fleet Buses
UTC Power's On-Site Power solutions include using combinations of microturbines supplied by
Capstone TurbineCapstone Turbine Corporation , incorporated in 1988, is a California based gas turbine manufacturer that specializes in microturbine power and heat cogeneration systems. Capstone has sold and shipped more than 6,000 of these one-moving-part systems worldwide...
in the form of 65KW microturbines , fuel cells, chillers and heat exchangers powered by natural gas and exhaust energy.
Acquisitions
On October 1, 2007, UTC Power acquired NJ based consulting firm, The Dome-Tech Group
On October 7, 2008, UTC Power acquired Architectural Energy Corp., headquartered in Denver, CO.
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