INDUSTRY BRIEFS

SANTA CLARA, CALIF., on behalf of five California utilities, Electric Power Research Institute, and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, let a $27,179,265 contract to Energy Research Corp. unit Fuel Cell Engineering Corp. to engineer, build, and test a utility scale carbonate fuel cell demonstration power plant. The 2.000 kw power plant in the $46 million project will be built in Santa Clara. Energy Research's direct fuel cell will be used as the power supply.