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SPOKANE, Wash., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Avista Corp. (NYSE: AVA) technology affiliate, Avista Labs, today announced the issuance of U.S. Patent 6,030,718 that covers 162 claims for its modular, cartridge-based Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell power system. The patent, which was examined by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over a period of more than two years, provides unprecedented broad protection for the pioneering approach offered by this modular fuel cell system design. This milestone achievement will advance the way fuel cells are conceptualized, developed and commercialized by putting this technology within reach of residential and small commercial stationary markets as well as commercial and industrial premium power markets.
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Proton will cost share 50 percent of the $1,376,640 contract award and can receive up to $688,320 in payments from UNLVRF. The award will aid in the development of a solar-powered system that produces hydrogen fuel from water using a Proton Exchange Membrane, or PEM, hydrogen generator. Proton will design, build, integrate, and commission the hydrogen system utilizing its HOGEN(R) RE hydrogen generator and a purchased PV solar panel array and storage tank. Project completion will be expected by late 2004.
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Research will proceed during a one-year period designed to test the efficiency and performance of Proton's hydrogen-generating "core stack." In addition, its proton exchange membrane (PEM) stack technology will be monitored closely as it is scaled up to the size required for high-altitude airship deployment.
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