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Development Board of Palm Beach County said it has attracted a Fort Lauderdale
company to move to West Palm Beach.
The county line-jumping firm is EnerFuel.
The BDB said the fuel cell designer
and developer will employ 16 people with an average salary of $60,000.
The company has a grant from the Florida Hydrogen Initiative to develop,
deploy and demonstrate a biomass-fueled 10-kilowatt fuel cell system to
power an Florida interstate rest area. The fuel cell system is to be powered
by fuel from waste generated by citrus processing.
BDB President Kelly Smallridge pointed
out Palm Beach County is known for producing a variety of agricultural
products.
"It's a unique opportunity for two
unlike industries to work together," she said of the fuel cell company
and agricultural firms.
The BDB said though EnerFuel is moving
its headquarters to Palm Beach County, it will keep its laboratory in Fort
Lauderdale.

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