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My second concern was to retain a full account of the interpreta- tion of the cyclical history of one country, in preference to partial ac- counts of the three countries that Schumpeter discussed at length. The nature of the theory, which includes a Kondratieff cycle sixty years in duration, calls for a long sweep of history. That the country chosen should be the United States rather than England or Germany reflects more than the national origins of editor and publisher. The United States was the country Schumpeter devoted most attention to and, par- ticularly in the discussion of the 1930s, is. | September 2010 The Business Case for Fuel Cells Why Top Companies are Purchasing Fuel Cells Today Authors and Acknowledgements This report was written and compiled by Sandra Curtin and Jennifer Gangi of Fuel Cells 2000 an activity of Breakthrough Technologies Institute in Washington . with assistance from Elizabeth Delmont. Support was provided by the . Department of Energy s Fuel Cell Technologies Program. About this report In this report we profile a select group nationally recognizable companies and corporations that are deploying or demonstrating fuel cells. These businesses are taking advantage of a fuel cell s unique benefits especially for powering forklifts and providing combined heat and power to their stores and headquarters. This report focuses on companies installing or using fuel cells in warehouses stores manufacturing facilities hotels and backup power for telecommunications sites. Our list is by no means exhaustive - thousands of fuel cells have been installed around the world for primary or backup power for decades now. There are many other companies in the United States and worldwide using fuel cells that we didn t profile. Outside of the business world fuel cells are being used by hospitals and nursing homes universities recreational facilities such as National Parks zoos aquariums and museums as well as federal state and local government agencies and facilities. In Asia and Europe thousands of fuel cells have been installed at homes to provide heat and power and in the . real estate developers are starting to incorporate fuel cells into their multi-family residential projects. There are many other applications for fuel cells which are also being researched demonstrated and deployed by numerous organizations around the world. This report profiles several companies leasing fuel cell vehicles but there are hundreds of fuel cell vehicles from all the major automakers on the road around the world and numerous fuel cell buses on almost every