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FuelCell Energy Inc.

FCEL is in the Manufacturing Industry

Market Cap:$228.4M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$100.7M
  • Public
Dow Jones Description

FuelCell Energy is the world leader in the development and production of stationary fuel cells for commercial, industrial, government, and utility customers. FuelCell Energys ultra-clean and high efficiency DFC ® power plants are generating power at approximately 50 locations worldwide. The Companys power plants have generated more than 275 million kWh of power using a variety of fuels including renewable wastewater gas, biogas from beer and food processing, as well as natural gas and other hydrocarbon fuels. Our Company was founded in 1969. Our core fuel cell products (Direct FuelCell ® or DFC ® Power Plants) offer stationary power generation applications for customers. In addition to our commercial products, we continue to develop our carbonate fuel cells, planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology and other fuel cell technology with our own and government research and development funds.

Chairman, President & CEO
Daniel Brdar
Number of Employees 534
Contact Information

fuelcellenergy....

NAICS Code All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing: 335999

Recent Events

  • FuelCell finalizes deal with Posco

    11/03/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • U.S. Army renews contract with hydrogen power plant co. FuelCell for $1.5M

    10/06/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • FuelCell Energy Received $1.9 In Funding From Energy Department FCEL

    9/15/09 - New Investment - View Story

  • FuelCell Energy Awarded $1.9 Million From American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds

    9/15/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • FuelCell Energy posts slightly higher revenue

    9/15/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • www.PicksThatMove.com: "Picks that move" Alerts, August 27, 2009: FCEL, FMBI, CLNE, TMRK, DRRX and POZN.

    8/28/09 - New Investment - View Story

  • FuelCell Finally Getting Fired Up?

    6/10/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • POSCO Power Orders 30.8 MW of FuelCell Energy Modules and Components With Estimated Value of...

    6/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

News & Analysis

fuelcell energy inc. - All News and Analysis

  • FuelCell Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

    Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-28

    Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you, sir. Operator Instructions. And for our first question, we go to John Quealy with Canaccord Adams. Chip Moore Thanks, sir. This is Chip Moore for John. I’d like to start with the $2 million charge really to the manufacturing defect. Is that all in-house...

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  • FuelCell Falls as Alternative Energy Fad Fades

    Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-28

    Stephanie Grimmett submits: FuelCell Energy FCEL fell 13% and counting yesterday on news that its loss widened in the third quarter see earnings call transcript. But FuelCell’s stock is suffering, not from bad quarterly results, but from the deflation of a "fashionable investment" bubble. In the last year, alternative energy...

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  • FuelCell Inc F2Q08 (Qtr End 4/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript

    Seeking Alpha - 2008-06-05

    Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions We will take our first question from John Quealy with Canaccord Adams; please go ahead. John Quealy - Canaccord Adams Joe I don’t know if you did this or not; could you breakout Q2 revenues for us and give us the moving...

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  • FuelCell Energy Inc. F1Q08 (Qtr End 01/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript

    Seeking Alpha - 2008-03-06

    Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you sir. The question-and-answer session will be conducted electronically. Operator instructions And our first question comes from Sanjay Shrestha with Lazard Capital Markets. Sanjay Shrestha - Lazard Capital Markets Great. Good morning, guys. First of all, congratulations here on a good backlog front and the outlook....

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  • In- Depth Research on FuelCell Energy Inc.

    - 2007-06-04

    M2 PRESSWIRE-4 June 2007-Resource News: In- Depth Research on FuelCell Energy IncC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04062007 In- Depth Research on FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FCEL) FuelCell Energy is the world leader in the development and production of stationary fuel cells...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Christopher R. Bentley Chief Operating Officer
Hansraj C. Maru CTO
Joseph G. Mahler Senior Vice President, CFO, CS, Treasurer
Christof von Branconi Executive Vice President
Bruce A. Ludemann Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Herbert Nock Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales
Lisa D. Lettieri Vice President, Ir & Corp Comm
John A. Rolls Managing Partner
Alex Kellogg Engineer
James L Kempner Director
Warren D. Bagatelle Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Daniel Brdar Chairman, President & CEO
R. Daniel Brdar Chairman, President & CEO
James D. Gerson Chairman
George K. Petty Board of Directors
Glenn H. Epstein Board of Directors
Herbert England James Board of Directors
J. H. England Board of Directors
Michael Bode Board of Directors
Richard A. Bromley Board of Directors
Thomas L. Kempner Board of Directors
Togo Dennis West Board of Directors
William A. Lawson Board of Directors

R. DANIEL BRDAR named FuelCell Energy’s Chief Executive Officer at the start of 2006, Mr. Brdar was appointed Chairman of the Board in 2007. Mr. Brdar has an extensive track record as a member of the company’s management team. Since joining the firm in 2000, he has led manufacturing, sales and marketing, and product development operations, and was responsible for the FuelCell Energy’s successful cost-out efforts. Mr. Brdar has 24 years of combined technology development and new product introduction experience in a variety of executive positions within the industry. Prior to joining FuelCell Energy, he held management positions at General Electric, where he focused on new product introduction programs for its GE Power Systems business unit, and was product manager for its gas turbine technology. Prior to GE he was Associate Director, Office of Power Systems Product Management, at the U.S. Department of Energy where he was responsible for directing the research, development and demonstration of advanced power systems including advanced gas turbines, gasification systems and fuel cells. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981.

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Chairman, President & CEO Current
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Vice President, Product Development Former
University of Pittsburgh B.S. In Engineering Former

Named FuelCell Energy's Chief Executive Officer at the start of 2006, and Chairman in January 2007, Mr. Brdar has an extensive track record as a member of the company's management team. During his tenure, he led manufacturing, sales and marketing, and product development operations, and was responsible for the company's successful cost-out efforts. Mr. Brdar has 24 years of combined technology development and new product introduction experience in a variety of executive positions around the industry. Prior to joining FuelCell Energy, he held management positions at General Electric, where he focused on new product introduction programs for its GE Power Systems business unit, and was product manager for its gas turbine technology. Prior to GE he was Associate Director, Office of Power Systems Product Management, at the U.S. Department of Energy where he was responsible for directing the research, development and demonstration of advanced power systems including advanced gas turbines, gasification systems and fuel cells. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981.

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Chairman, President & CEO Current
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Board of Directors Current
University of Pittsburgh Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Current
Zeep Energy Ltd Executive Vice President Current
Versa Power Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
FuelCell Energy, Inc.-Manufacturing President Former
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Executive Vice President, Govt R & D Operations & Strategic Manufacturing Dev Current
Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation Former
Tufts University B.S. In Mechanical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. CTO Current
Farmers Cooperative Equity Co. Former

Mr. Mahler joined the Company in October 1998 as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary, and Treasurer. Mr. Mahler's responsibilities include finance, accounting, corporate governance, strategy, treasury, information systems and human resources. Mr. Mahler was Vice President-Chief Financial Officer at Earthgro, Inc. from 1993 to 1998 and worked at Ernst & Young in the New York and Hartford offices from 1974 to 1992. Mr. Mahler was a partner in the Hartford office's Entrepreneurial Services Group. Mr. Mahler received a B.S. in Accounting from Boston College in 1974.

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Senior Vice President, CFO, CS, Treasurer Current
Zeep Energy Ltd Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Cfo and Treasurer Current
Versa Power Systems, Inc. Chairman Current
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Treasurer Current
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Vice President Former
Ernst & Young Former
Boston College B.S. In Accounting Former

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Executive Vice President Current
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Lurgi AG Chief Operating Officer Former
The Commercial Chief Financial Officer Former

Mr. Ludemann joined the Company in April 2006. His responsibilities encompass all the Company's business development activities across global markets. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ludemann had been a senior marketing and sales executive with Siemens, where he oversaw sales and marketing efforts for the firm's Power Generation and Transmission & Distribution business units. Earlier, he had been with ABB Power Transmission & Distribution Inc.; the industrial control firm Square D; and Swiss electrical equipment manufacturer BBC Brown Boveri. He also served four years in the U.S. Navy specializing in electric power generation and distribution systems. Mr. Ludemann studied business at Barry University in Miami and holds an Executive MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing Current
Zeep Energy Ltd Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing Current
University of Pittsburgh MBA Former

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales Current

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Vice President, Ir & Corp Comm Current

Organization Position Status
Select Sector Spdrs President and Chief Executive Officer, Thermion Systems International Current
MBIA Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer, Thermion Systems International Former
Core Capital Group Managing Partner Current
Core Capital Group, LLC. Managing Partner Current
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Managing Partner Current
Thermion, Inc. Director Current
Select Sector Spdrs Board of Directors Current
Thermion Systems International, Inc. Director Current
MBIA Inc. Director Current
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Director Current
Bowater Incorporated Director Current
Thermion Systems International, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Thermion Systems International, Inc. President Former
United Technologies Corporation Chief Financial Officer Former
United Technologies Corporation Executive Vice President Former
Abitibibowater Inc. Chairman Former
Bowater Incorporated Chairman Former
Abitibibowater Inc. Board of Directors Former

Alex graduated from UConn in the Sping of 2008 with a BS in Chemical Engineering, and is currently working as a process engineer at Fuel Cell Energy. He has been dancing on the team since his sophomore year in 2005. In 2006 he held the position of team trainer, and in his senior year Alex held the position of President. One of Alex's passions is music, and one of the reasons he enjoys ballroom dancing is that it allows him to dance to the music he loves so much.

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Engineer Current
Uconn Ballroom Dance Board of Directors Current
Uconn Ballroom Dance President Former
Uconn Ballroom Dance BS In Chemical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Chairman Current
Evercel, Inc. Chairman of the Board Current
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Director Current
Ilight Technologies, Inc. Director Current
Ciprico, Inc. Director Current
V.E. Enterprises Inc. Director Current
Gambit Communications, Inc. Board of Directors Current
American Power Conversion Corporation Director Current
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Vice President Former
Columbia University MBA Former
American Power Conversion Corporation Member Former

Organization Position Status
Enbridge, Inc. Corp Director Current
Enbridge Energy Partners LP boards of directors Current
Enbridge, Inc. Chair of the Governance Committee Current
Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C. Board of Directors Current
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Enbridge, Inc. Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee Current
TELUS Corporation Chief Executive Officer Former
TELUS Corporation President Former
Eeci, Inc. Elected A Director Former
Enbridge, Inc. Director Former

Mr. Epstein began his career as an engineer at General Electric before moving to the U.K. to take on progressive management roles with Oxford Instruments plc. He was recruited to Intermagnetics in 1997 as President and COO, took over as CEO in 1999 and was elected Chairman in 2002. Mr. Epstein led Intermagnetics through multiple years of high growth and expansion until negotiating the sale of Intermagnetics to Royal Philips for $1.3 billion last year. He recently left Philips after leading a successful integration of both companies MR imaging businesses.

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Mr. England is an independent business consultant and the CEO and a director of Stahlman-England Irrigation Inc. and HEMS, LLC, an investment partnership. Previously, Mr. England was Chairman, President and CEO of Sweet Ripe Drinks, Ltd., a fruit beverage company. Prior to that, he spent 18 years at John Labatt Ltd., a $5 billon public company, and served as the company's CFO from 1990-1993. Mr. England started his career with Arthur Anderson & Co. in Toronto after serving in the Canadian infantry. Mr. England is a director of Enbridge, Inc. and is a past member of the board of directors of John Labatt Ltd., Canada Malting Co., Ltd., and the St. Clair Paint and Wallpaper Corporation.

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Board of Directors Current

James L. Kempner has served on our Board of Directors since August 2006. Mr. Kempner is a Managing Director at Lazard Freres & Co. LLC, which he joined in 1983, and was named a General Partner in 1993. Mr. Kempner has been involved in numerous banking and capital markets transactions, including advising Intersections on its initial public offering, and ran Lazard s Corporate Finance department from 1995-1998. Mr. Kempner serves on the Board of The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and its Finance Committee. Mr. Kempner is the son of Thomas L. Kempner. Thomas L. Kempner has served on our Board of Directors since the inception of CreditComm, the predecessor to Intersections Inc. Mr. Kempner has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Loeb Partners Corporation and its predecessors since 1979. Mr. Kempner is currently a director of Dyax Corporation, FuelCell Energy, Inc. and IGENE Biotechnology, Inc., and is currently a director emeritus at Northwest Airlines, Inc. Mr. Kempner is the father of James L. Kempner.

Organization Position Status
Loeb Partners Corporation Chief Executive Officer Current
Intersections Inc. Managing Director at Lazard Freres Current
Loeb Partners Corporation Chairman Current
CCP Equity Partners Director Current
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Director Current
Igene Biotechnology, Inc. Director Current
Intersections Inc. Board of Directors Current
Diversinet Corp. Director Current
Harvard University M.B.A. Former
Yale University B.A. Former

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Biomedical Venture Board of Directors Current

Richard Bromley began his career at the law firm of Riddell, Riddell & Williams in Seattle, Washington, before joining AT&T in 1965. During his 38-year career at AT&T, he served as an attorney for Pacific Northwest Bell, Western Electric, Bell Labs, and as a general attorney in AT&T's New York headquarters. As VP-Law and Government Affairs, Mr. Bromley was responsible for all of AT&T's legal, regulatory and governmental matters west of the Mississippi. He is a member of the bar in California, New York, Washington, and Oregon, as well as the United State Supreme Court.

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Pinpoint Partners President Current
Loeb Holding Corporation President Current
Intersections Inc. Beneficial Owner Current
Central Park Conservancy, Inc Chairman (Click On Pdf to View Board List) Current
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Intersections Inc. Director Current
Insight Communications Company, Inc. Director Current
Diversinet Corp. Director Current
CCP Equity Partners Director Current
CCC Information Services, Inc. Director Current
Igene Biotechnology, Inc. Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors Current
Hereditary Angioedema Board of Directors Current
Igene Biotechnology, Inc. Director Current
Dyax Corp. Director Current
Wharton Investment Management Conference Executive Managing Member, Davidson Kempner Capital Management Current
Central Park Conservancy, Inc Trustee Current
Loeb Partners Corporation Chief Executive Officer Current
Hereditary Angioedema Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Loeb Partners Corporation Former
First City Capital Vice President Former
Loeb Partners Corporation Vice President Former
Loeb Partners Corporation Chairman Current
Intermagnetics General Corporation Director Former
Northwest Airlines Corporation Director Former
Yale College Former
Insight, Inc. member Former

In the administration of President Gerald R. Ford, Secretary West was Associate Deputy Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice. Under President Jimmy Carter’s administration, he was General Counsel of the Navy, then Special Assistant to the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and, later, General Counsel of the Department of Defense. During the first Clinton administration he was Secretary of the Army and, during the President’s second term, was named Secretary of Veterans Affairs and a member of the President’s Cabinet. During his career in private practice, Secretary West was a partner at the New York law firm of Patterson, Belknap, Webb and Tyler and was of counsel to the Washington D.C.- based law firm of Covington & Burling. Secretary West was also the Senior Vice President for Government Affairs with defense contractor Northrop Corporation prior to serving as Secretary of the Army. Secretary West received a Bachelor o

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Mr. Bagatelle has served as a Director since 2004. He is currently Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. He has been a Managing Director of Loeb Partners Corporation, an investment banking firm, and a director of Full Cell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCEL), a world leader in the development of high temperature hydrogen fuel cells for clean electric power generation, since 1988. Mr. Bagatelle is also the Chairman of the Board of VirtualScopics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VSCP), a medical imaging and technology services company.

Organization Position Status
Loeb Partners Corporation Managing Director Current
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Director Current
Electro Energy Inc. Member of the Board of Directors Current
VirtualScopics, Inc. Chairman Former
Rutgers University M.B.A. Former

Mr. Lawson has been President of W.A. Lawson Associates, an industrial and financial consulting firm, since 1987. Mr. Lawson is past Chairman of the Board of Directors of Newcor, Inc.

Organization Position Status
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Board of Directors Current
FuelCell Energy, Inc. Chairman Former
Newcor, Inc. Chairman Former
Evercel, Inc. Director Former

Executive News

  • FuelCell Energy Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results and Latest Accomplishments

    TradingMarkets - 9/08/09 - View Story

  • FuelCell Energy Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results and Latest Accomplishments

    Street Insider - 9/08/09 - View Story

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FCEL $3.25 -0.04 (-1.22% )
Volume 436,124
Shares Outstanding 70.3M
Market Cap 228.4M
Year High 5.47
Year Low 1.98
Earnings Per Share -1.15
P/E Ratio N/A
Dividend 0.00
Yield 0.00
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