It has been confirmed that California-based Bloom Energy will be supplying fuel cells to Apple to power Apple's North Carolina data centre.

The US state of New Jersey is to allocate $55m in grants in the hopes of encouraging the development of combined heat and power systems (CHP) as well as hydrogen fuel cells for businesses and industrial companies.

Japanese electronics maker Panasonic (TYO:6752) will establish a fuel cell research and development facility in Cardiff, Wales.

Capstone Turbine Corporation (Nasdaq:CPST), has announced that it received orders totalling approximately 10 MW from two oil and gas producers in the Eagle Ford shale play.

In keeping with Apple’s recent clean energy policy, the company has announced that it is to install the largest private fuel cell energy project in America.

At the Intersolar in Munich, solar energy pioneer Kyocera is exhibiting a concept that enables the generation and storage of solar energy and heat.

Japanese residents are seeing the benefits of micro CHP as natural gas is powering a combined heat and power fuel cell for home owners.

FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCEL) has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Air Products (NYSE:APD) to work toward the market development of stationary Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plants that simultaneously produce hydrogen, ultra-clean electricity and usable high quality heat.

FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCEL) a leading manufacturer of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable fuel cell power plants, has announced the signing of a multi-year service agreement with Southern California Edison (SCE) to operate and maintain a 1.4 MW Direct FuelCell(R) on-site power plant.

Capstone Turbine Corporation (Nasdaq:CPST) has announced it received an order for the first C1000 Power Package from an oil & gas producer in Southern California.

A microturbine that will run on biogas produced at a large farm in South Cotabato, Philippines is to be supplied by Chatsworth, California based microturbine specialist, Capstone Turbine.

Media company Cox Enterprises have announced the installation of five fuel cells at its Cox Communications subsidiary in San Diego.

The UK microCHP industry’s three industry bodies have welcomed key commitments by the Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Greg Barker MP, to boost government support for micro-combined heat and power systems installed in homes.

A major European deal for US firm ClearEdge may well prove a game changer for the fuel cell manufacturing sector