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Yahoo
30-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
FuelCell Energy and CGN Reach 10 MW Repowering Agreement, Signaling Market Momentum
CGN to purchase eight fuel cells and maintenance services from FuelCell Energy DANBURY, Conn., July 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCEL) and CGN-Yulchon Generation Co., Ltd. (CGN), a leading Independent Power Producer (IPP) in South Korea, have signed an agreement for the purchase of fuel cells and maintenance services. The agreement with another major generation company underscores FuelCell Energy's position as a utility-scale electric power producer. Under the terms of the agreement, FuelCell Energy will provide CGN-Yulchon with eight of its advanced carbonate fuel cell modules and comprehensive operations and maintenance services for four fuel cell units at the utility's Yulchon's Gwangyang facility. Each fuel cell unit consists of two fuel cell modules. The seven-year agreement includes an option for extension beyond the initial seven-year term. The CGN-Yulchon facility, dedicated primarily to electric power generation, transmission and distribution, operates four of FuelCell Energy's 3000 Carbonate Fuel Cell Systems, each producing 2.5 megawatts of low carbon baseload power, alongside 1.5GW of conventional gas turbine capacity. The project will enhance the performance and extend the operational life of the four installed units, aligning with CGN's decarbonization goals and South Korea's Hydrogen Economy Roadmap. The agreement deepens FuelCell Energy's strategic footprint in one of Asia's most advanced fuel cell markets. With the CGN agreement now in backlog—alongside Gyeonggi Green Energy and Noeul Green Energy— FuelCell Energy is demonstrating clear momentum in repowering utility-scale assets and further solidifying its leadership in the region's clean energy transformation. FuelCell Energy is the only fuel cell provider delivering utility-scale power and steam, with applications in district heating and industrial processes. This technology offers a proven scalable, clean energy platform that helps to secure electric grids and support the surging demand for power to fuel data center growth. 'This agreement reflects our continued momentum in the Korean market and our ability to deliver reliable, high-performance fuel cell solutions that meet the evolving needs of our partners,' said Jason Few, President and CEO of FuelCell Energy. 'We are proud to support CGN-Yulchon's critical baseload power operations and to contribute to Korea's ambitious clean energy and electrification agenda.' He added, 'FuelCell Energy's technology is at the vanguard of meeting the world's growing need for electricity by providing high-efficiency, low-emission baseload power.' FuelCell Energy's business in Korea validates its position as the only fuel cell provider delivering utility-scale power and steam, with applications in district heating and industrial processes. The company has operated a dedicated service team in Korea since 2018 and currently supports more than 100 megawatts of installed capacity across the country. The company's LTSA model includes 24/7 monitoring, on-site technical support, and preventative maintenance, ensuring optimal performance and uptime for its customers. This proven, scalable platform gives data center developers and other high-demand energy users confidence in a clean energy solution that's already operating—some for nearly a decade. About FuelCell Energy FuelCell Energy, Inc. provides clean, reliable future-ready solutions that allow customers to access power faster and manage their emissions while keeping their operations running. Our efficient, scalable, and fuel-flexible systems—running on natural gas, biofuels, or hydrogen—provide steady baseload, grid-independent electricity worldwide. With more than 55 years of expertise and nearly 200 modules deployed, we help customers achieve their immediate and future energy goals. Learn more at Contact:FuelCell Energy Investor Relationsir@ FuelCell Energy Media Relationskblomquist@
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
How To Help Your Teen Apply To College
Applying for college is hard. There's navigating financial aid, the common app, preparing for the SATs, alumni interviews, and plenty more hoops to jump through. It's no wonder wealthy parents are willing to shell out thousands to help their kids get into the top schools. Unfortunately, most Americans don't have the resources to hire private tutors and consultants. And the high school counselors in charge of helping them are completely overtaxed: On average, for every counselor at a public high school, there are a whopping 376 students. To level the playing field, Jon Carson started the College Guidance Network (CGN). The company partners with higher education pros and leverages AI to help students and parents every step of the way and help them make the best decision — whether that leads to a university, a trade school, or a gap year. 'Our mission is to democratize expertise,' he tells us. We spoke to Carson about what parents can do to support their kids through this important stage of life, why fewer teens are opting to head straight to a four-year university, and more. Carson: I ran the largest college advising company in the country, so I'm familiar with the space. About 6 percent of the U.S. market uses advisors, and they're quite expensive, but aren't often good. What we've built is guidance in a box: I think of it as Masterclass meets AI for college planning. We create a personalized roadmap: You tell us a little about yourself and your goals and interests, and we assemble checklists and detailed project plans tailored specifically to your needs. We also have over 375 nationally recognized experts to help parents navigate the ins and outs of the application process, how to afford paying for college, and thinking about ROI — which is becoming ever more important as AI starts to eat into entry-level jobs. The ROI equation used to be highly skewed toward the investment piece. People were concerned about how much it'd cost and the loans they'd have to take out, but it was kind of a risk-free decision; all escalators went up. Now that's not really the case. It's become a much riskier decision. The percentage of high schoolers considering a four-year college is 45 percent — down 7 percent since the Covid era. A lot are going to community colleges, a bunch are doing gap years, the military's becoming more appealing. The first thing — and it's completely understandable — is that parents get too anxious. They can be overbearing or just not quite their best selves. So, the first thing I'd say is that you have to calm down because it'll help you make the best decision. The second thing is that they need to be more inquisitive about how an institution will help their kid in career placement. I think too often parents place too much importance on prestige. You've got to pull away and think about this like a financial decision — and don't get caught up in the other things. The earlier you get started, the better. We start our roadmaps in the ninth grade, and help kids start thinking about their summer jobs, how it'll reflect on their applications and things like that. I'd also tell parents that they should have monthly meetings to have a space to talk about this. We did ours on the first Saturday of every month at 11 a.m. What that did was deescalate conflict, because it made them feel like I wasn't nagging them all the time, and we had a designated space for those conversations. The other thing is that parents and students should really think of themselves as a team. This is a journey that they're taking together. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. The post How To Help Your Teen Apply To College appeared first on Katie Couric Media.
LeMonde
08-07-2025
- Business
- LeMonde
French energy giant EDF takes 12.5% stake in new UK nuclear power plant
French energy giant EDF will have a 12.5% stake in new British nuclear power plant Sizewell C, London and Paris revealed on Tuesday, July 8, in the first deal announcement of President Emmanuel Macron's state visit to the UK. France's state-owned EDF will invest "around £1.1 billion ($1.5 billion) for a 12.5-percent participation," the French government said in a statement regarding a project aimed at meeting Britain's net-zero and energy security targets. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in a separate statement that the investment will help deliver "lower energy bills" and "better energy security" for Britain. The announcement comes after Starmer's Labour government said in June it would invest £14.2 billion in Sizewell C, which is being built in eastern England. Britain's government is the majority shareholder in Sizewell C, after Chinese company CGN exited the project. The plant, which is set to cost £20-30 billion to build according to current estimates, is not expected to start generating electricity until 2035. The UK has refocused on shoring up nuclear power since the start of the war in Ukraine, in the name of energy security and faced with a fleet of ageing power stations. Labour also wants to increase the share of non-carbon-emitting energy. The UK government has pledged to reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions by 81 percent on 1990 levels by 2035 and reach net-zero by 2050. The use of nuclear energy as an alternative to fossil fuels is highly controversial, however, with many environmental groups warning about safety risks and the disposal of nuclear waste. The Sizewell C announcement has been met with anger by some local residents worried about the impact of the new plant on the local town of Leiston in Suffolk. Nearby is the Sizewell B nuclear power station, which is due to close in 2035, and Sizewell A, which is in the process of being decommissioned. EDF is also building the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in southwestern England, although it has been blighted by delays and rising construction costs.
Yahoo
15-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Championship Golf Network to livestream portions of final two rounds
Championship Golf Network (CGN) Network will livestream the Sunnehanna Amateur Tournament for Champions via YouTube Friday and Saturday during portions of the third and fourth rounds, respectively. 'The Sunnehanna Amateur is more than a tournament. It's a proving ground for the game's future elite,' CGN Vice President Douglas Rios Ceballos said Wednesday. Advertisement 'CGN is proud to deliver on-site coverage of one of the most historic and talent-rich events in amateur golf, bringing fans closer to the action from Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.' Rios Ceballos and camera operator Beau Atwood spent much of Wednesday afternoon setting up a makeshift studio in the President's Room on the second floor of Sunnehanna Country Club. CGN will stream the Amateur from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday at the 18th green. On Saturday, the network will cover the final group from No. 8 through the final hole. On-air coverage will be provided by Dave Marr, the voice of the Champions Tour on the Golf Channel for 17 years. Advertisement In addition to the on-site stream, CGN will provide real-time updates via X and Instagram as well as interviews and features on emerging amateur standouts. Leaderboard graphics and post-round recaps will be included. 'The Sunnehanna Amateur Committee felt working with CGN and streaming two days of the tournament was an important step in the tournament's evolution,' said John Yerger, Sunnehanna Amateur co-chairman. 'While great for the tournament and our players, it is also a way to highlight Sunnehanna Country Club and our community, which has been incredibly supportive for 84 years. 'Collectively, we all take pride in hosting the Sunnehanna Amateur. 'We want people across the country and internationally to watch the best players in amateur golf and see for themselves what makes our tournament and community special.' Advertisement Mountain Cats milestone: Pitt-Johnstown rising sophomore Lucas Smith, of Lynden, Ontario, tied for first place in the Sunnehanna Amateur qualifier held Sunday and Monday. Smith, whose 3-under 67 matched qualifier co-leader Zachary Radtke of Dublin, Ohio, was among six players who advanced to the 84th Sunnehanna Amateur. According to Mountain Cats golf coach Cody Trabert, Smith made history as the first active or alumni player in Pitt-Johnstown history to qualify for the Sunnehanna Amateur. He shot a 4-over-par 74 in Wednesday's opening round. 'Lucas is coming off an impressive freshman season where he garnered PSAC freshman player of the year and also second team all-conference honors,' Trabert said in an email. Advertisement 'He set a Pitt-Johnstown record for having the lowest freshman scoring average in program history and tied for fifth place individually at the PSAC championships in the fall.' Smith played at Ancaster High School in Ontario before joining the Pitt-Johnstown program. In Wednesday's first round, Smith had a challenging start, but recovered to shoot a respectable 74. He made bogey on No. 2 and had a double bogey on No. 3 before closing the front nine with another bogey to make the turn at 4-over 39. On the back nine, Smith made birdies on 11 and 13, but had two more bogeys on 14 and 17. Advancing through the 105-player Sunnehanna qualifier, which was extended a day due to wet weather, were Smith and Radtke as co-medalists; and a four-way tie for third place among Tyler Sabo, of Ashland, Ohio; Adam Horn, of Cincinnati; Ashton McArthur, of Rexburg, Indiana; and Areen Aggarwal, of Columbia, Missouri. Mike Mastovich is a sports reporter and columnist for The Tribune-Democrat. He can be reached at 814-532-5083. Follow him on Twitter @Masty81.
Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Former Golf Channel analyst Dave Marr provides voice of Sunnehanna Amateur livestream
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Dave Marr III stood amid a large television monitor, multiple laptops and other high-tech gadgets in a makeshift digital production room at Sunnehanna Country Club in Westmont. The respected former Golf Channel analyst watched as a group of eight young men and women maneuvered tripods and cameras, prepped a drone and reviewed the game plan for a livestream during the third round of the 84th Sunnehanna Amateur Tournament for Champions. Advertisement Marr smiled as the group buzzed around the room at a sometimes hectic pace Friday afternoon. The activity took him back to 1983 during another big golf tournament in western Pennsylvania. 'It's interesting to me because 42 years ago, I was working with ABC Sports at Oakmont for the U.S. Open,' said Marr, who will provide Championship Golf Network livestream, insight and commentary at Sunnehanna. 'They had three different mobile units, millions of dollars of technical equipment, different crews to do producing of the front nine and back nine, different broadcast teams. My dad was on the broadcast team and I was on the production team.' CGN will livestream portions of the final two rounds, adding another layer to the Sunnehanna Amateur's digital imprint. Advertisement The CGN team spent the past few days assembling a control room. The crew covered the course through two rounds, collecting player interviews, behind-the-scenes content and producing leaderboard graphics and recaps. 'We've got a group of golf-loving guys and gals coming together and doing what we did 42 years ago,' Marr said of the similarities between 1983 and 2025. 'It looks like it's out of the back of a van with unbelievably high-tech equipment. 'That is going to allow this – one of the most important amateur events in the game anywhere, not just this country – to be broadcasted and enjoyed by people all over the world,' Marr said. Advertisement Marr spent 17 years at the Golf Channel, filling roles such as tower announcer, interviewer and play-by-play host for the network's PGA Tour Champions coverage from 2000-17. He also hosted PGA Tour Champions Learning Center, a weekly 30-minute series. A native New Yorker who now resides in Florida, Marr is the son of the late Dave Marr, who won the 1965 PGA Championship at Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier. Dave Marr III's father also was a respected broadcaster. 'My perspective on Sunnehanna has changed since I got here,' Marr said. 'I went to school at Bucknell University right here in central Pa., so I always knew what Sunnehanna was all about. 'My dad was pals with Jay Sigel,' Marr said of the former three-time Sunnehanna champion who died in April. 'Jay was always nice to me and always talked highly about Sunnehanna.' Advertisement This year's Sunnehanna Amateur is dedicated to Sigel's memory. 'Many of my friends who played amateur golf highly competitively, this event, the U.S. Amateur, the North and South, the Western, those are the tournaments they all wanted to win, all the time,' Marr said. 'My dad played professional golf from an early age so he never got a chance to play, but he always missed coming here.' The rolling hills and the layout of the historic Sunnehanna course impressed Marr. 'I knew it was a Tillinghast design, so I knew it was going to be a beautiful place,' Marr said of golf course architect A.W. Tillinghast. 'But are you kidding me? Up here on this hilltop, this mountaintop. It's such a beautiful location to have such a fantastic course and a great event. It all dovetails together and makes sense.' Advertisement His role on the livestream will have Marr looking both to the future and the past. 'I'm more of a historian,' Marr said. 'A lot of times, people focus in amateur golf on who's going to be on the PGA Tour in the future. If you look back just a decade ago, all four major championship winners from last year were in the (Sunnehanna Amateur) field a decade prior (in 2014). 'There are some great up-and-comers. 'The overall amateur game is focusing a little bit more toward college golf, the PGA U program, all of those things that are gearing those rare few to the tour, but there is a lot to be celebrated about amateur golf in general.' Advertisement Marr pointed to an interview PGA Tour winner Collin Morikawa did earlier this week on the eve of this year's U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pittsburgh. The 2016 Sunnehanna Amateur champion, Morikawa reflected on his time in the Westmont tournament. 'Collin Morikawa just this week called it pure golf,' Marr said. 'To celebrate pure golf for all of those others in the field that are not going to play the PGA Tour or win major championships, I think it's an important thing for the overall strength and soul of the game. Sunnehanna is right in the middle of all of that.' Mike Mastovich is a sports reporter and columnist for The Tribune-Democrat. He can be reached at 814-532-5083. Follow him on Twitter @Masty81.
