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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: right"><B>REGISTRATION NO. 333-________</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>UNDER</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>FUELCELL ENERGY, INC.</U></B></P>
  
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  in Its Charter)</I></B></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 50%"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B><U>06-0853042</U></B></P>
  
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>3 Great Pasture Road, Danbury,
  Connecticut</U></B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>(Address of Principal Executive
  Offices)</I></B></P></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>06813</U></B>&nbsp;</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>(Zip
  Code</I></B></FONT>)&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>FuelCell Energy, Inc. Amended and
  Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan</U></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>(Full Title of Plan)</I></B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Arthur A. Bottone</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>President and Chief Executive Officer</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FuelCell Energy, Inc.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>3 Great Pasture Road</B>&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Danbury, Connecticut 06813</U></B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>(203) 825-6000</U></B></P>
  
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  Code, of Agent for Service)</I></B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
  filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated
  filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 27%; font-size: 10pt">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 44%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 26%; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 3%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&yacute;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT>&nbsp;(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</TD>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">__________________</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Copies of All Communications to:</P>
  
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Peter J. Schaeffer, Esq.</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Patterson Belknap Webb &amp;
  Tyler LLP</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1133 Avenue of the Americas</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10036</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(212) 336-2000</B></P></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Richard A. Krantz, Esq.</B>&nbsp;</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Robinson&nbsp;&amp; Cole LLP</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>666 Third Avenue</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10017</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(212) 451-2900</B></P></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>
  
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Amount</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>To Be</B><BR>
  <B>Registered(2)</B>&nbsp;</P></TD>
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      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 13%; border-top: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Proposed</B></FONT><BR>
  <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Maximum</B></FONT><BR>
  <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Offering Price</B></FONT><BR>
  <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Per Share(3)</B></FONT></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Proposed</B><BR>
  <B>Maximum</B><BR>
  <B>Aggregate</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Offering&nbsp;Price(3)</B></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-top: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Amount&nbsp;of</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Registration&nbsp;Fee(3)</B></P></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">2,000,000</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT>$1.38</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT>$2,760,000</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT>$319.88</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(1)</FONT>
  Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (&ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this Registration Statement
  also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the FuelCell Energy, Inc. Amended and Restated
  2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;) described herein.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(2)</FONT>
  Estimated maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock of FuelCell Energy, Inc. (&ldquo;registrant&rdquo;) available for
  issuance under the Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement shall also cover an additional
  indeterminate number of shares of common stock of the registrant as may be required pursuant to the Plan in the event of a stock
  dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase
  in the number of the registrant&rsquo;s outstanding shares of common stock.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(3)</FONT>
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and are based on the average of high and low prices of the
  common stock of registrant on the Nasdaq Global Market on April <FONT>11</FONT>, 2017,
  in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act.</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This Registration Statement relates to 2,000,000 shares of common
  stock, par value $.0001 per share, of FuelCell Energy, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) that may
  be offered or sold to participants of the FuelCell Energy, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;).
  The Plan was amended to add these additional shares at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company held on April 6, 2017.
  Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the previous registration statements relating to the Plan (File
  No. 333-166164, filed on April 19, 2010; File No. 333-181021, filed on April 27, 2012; File No. 333-195848, filed on May 9, 2014;
  File No. 333-211092, filed on May 3, 2016) are incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this Registration Statement,
  except as amended hereby.</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents filed with the Securities
  and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">1.</TD><TD>Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2016, filed on January 12, 2017;</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">2.</TD><TD>Our Proxy Statement for our shareholders&rsquo; meeting on April 6, 2017, filed on February&nbsp;17, 2017;</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">3.</TD><TD>Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January&nbsp;31, 2017, filed on March&nbsp;9, 2017;</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">4.</TD><TD>Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed November 4, 2016, December
  1, 2016, December 20, 2016, January 12, 2017, March 9, 2017, March 21, 2017, and April 10, 2017; and</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">5.</TD><TD>The description of our common stock set forth in our registration statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on June&nbsp;6, 2000, including any amendments or reports filed for the purposes of updating this description.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In addition to the foregoing, all documents
  subsequently filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of
  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
  offered under this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed
  to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date
  of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall
  be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein
  or in any subsequently filed document that is also incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
  statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
  Statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The following exhibits are included or incorporated
  herein by reference:</P>
  
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Exhibit</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>No.</B></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 92%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>4</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Specimen of Common Share Certificate (incorporated by reference to exhibit of the same number contained in the Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10K/A for its fiscal year ended October 31, 1999)</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>5.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Opinion of Patterson Belknap Webb &amp; Tyler LLP</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>23.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>23.2</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Consent of Patterson Belknap Webb &amp; Tyler LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>24.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>99.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>FuelCell Energy, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, effective April 6, 2017) (incorporated by reference to Annex A of the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement filed on February 17, 2017)</TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
  as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
  on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
  in the City of Danbury, State of Connecticut on April 11, 2017.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">FUELCELL ENERGY, INC.</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="width: 46%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 38%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 12%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>By:</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Arthur A. Bottone</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD></TD>
      <TD>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Arthur A. Bottone&nbsp;</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">President and&nbsp;</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
  appears below constitutes and appoints Arthur A. Bottone and Michael S. Bishop, and each of them, as his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place, and stead, in any and all
  capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
  therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith
  (including any registration statement relating to this Registration Statement and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities
  Act of 1933, as amended), with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
  of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
  therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
  said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
  done by virtue hereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
  as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 37%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">SIGNATURE</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 48%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">TITLE</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 15%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">DATE</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Arthur A. Bottone</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">Arthur A. Bottone</TD>
      <TD>President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: right">April 11, 2017</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Michael S. Bishop</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; vertical-align: top">Michael S. Bishop</TD>
      <TD>Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: right">April 11, 2017</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ James Herbert England</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>James Herbert England</TD>
      <TD>Director</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: right">April 11, 2017</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Matthew F. Hilzinger</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>Matthew F. Hilzinger</TD>
      <TD>Director</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: right">April 11, 2017</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ John A. Rolls</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>John A. Rolls</TD>
      <TD>Director&nbsp;- Chairman of the Board</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: right">April 6, 2017</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Christopher S. Sotos</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>Christopher S. Sotos</TD>
      <TD>Director</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: right">April 11, 2017</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Togo Dennis West, Jr.</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>Togo Dennis West, Jr.</TD>
      <TD>Director</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: right">April 11, 2017</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Natica von Althann</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>Natica von Althann</TD>
      <TD>Director</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: right">April 6, 2017</TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Exhibit</B></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>No.</B></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 91%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">4</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">Specimen of Common Share Certificate (incorporated by reference to exhibit of the same number contained in the Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10K/A for its fiscal year ended October 31, 1999)</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">5.1</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">Opinion of Patterson Belknap Webb &amp; Tyler LLP</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">23.1</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">23.2</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">Consent of Patterson Belknap Webb &amp; Tyler LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">24.1</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">99.1</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">FuelCell Energy, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, effective April 6, 2017) (incorporated by reference to Annex A of the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement filed on February 17, 2017)</TD></TR>
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text: As Filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2017.
  REGISTRATION NO. 333-________
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  _______________
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  _______________
  FUELCELL ENERGY, INC.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
  in Its Charter)
  _____________________
  Delaware
  (State or Other
  Jurisdiction of
  Incorporation or Organization)
  06-0853042
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  3 Great Pasture Road, Danbury,
  Connecticut
  (Address of Principal Executive
  Offices)
  06813
  (Zip
  Code
  )
  FuelCell Energy, Inc. Amended and
  Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan
  (Full Title of Plan)
  Arthur A. Bottone
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  FuelCell Energy, Inc.
  3 Great Pasture Road
  Danbury, Connecticut 06813
  (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
  (203) 825-6000
  (Telephone Number, Including Area
  Code, of Agent for Service)
  ___________________
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
  filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
  filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ¨
  Accelerated filer
  ý
  Non-accelerated filer
  ¨
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company
  ¨
  __________________
  Copies of All Communications to:
  Peter J. Schaeffer, Esq.
  Patterson Belknap Webb &
  Tyler LLP
  1133 Avenue of the Americas
  New York, New York 10036
  (212) 336-2000
  Richard A. Krantz, Esq.
  Robinson & Cole LLP
  666 Third Avenue
  New York, New York 10017
  (212) 451-2900
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of Securities To Be Registered(1)
  Amount
  To Be
  Registered(2)
  Proposed
  Maximum
  Offering Price
  Per Share(3)
  Proposed
  Maximum
  Aggregate
  Offering Price(3)
  Amount of
  Registration Fee(3)
  Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share
  2,000,000
  $1.38
  $2,760,000
  $319.88
  (1)
  Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), this Registration Statement
  also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the FuelCell Energy, Inc. Amended and Restated
  2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") described herein.
  (2)
  Estimated maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock of FuelCell Energy, Inc. ("registrant") available for
  issuance under the Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement shall also cover an additional
  indeterminate number of shares of common stock of the registrant as may be required pursuant to the Plan in the event of a stock
  dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase
  in the number of the registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.
  (3)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and are based on the average of high and low prices of the
  common stock of registrant on the Nasdaq Global Market on April
  11
  , 2017,
  in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act.
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  This Registration Statement relates to 2,000,000 shares of common
  stock, par value $.0001 per share, of FuelCell Energy, Inc. (the "Company" or the "Registrant") that may
  be offered or sold to participants of the FuelCell Energy, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
  The Plan was amended to add these additional shares at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company held on April 6, 2017.
  Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the previous registration statements relating to the Plan (File
  No. 333-166164, filed on April 19, 2010; File No. 333-181021, filed on April 27, 2012; File No. 333-195848, filed on May 9, 2014;
  File No. 333-211092, filed on May 3, 2016) are incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this Registration Statement,
  except as amended hereby.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents filed with the Securities
  and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
  1.
  Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016, filed on January 12, 2017;
  2.
  Our Proxy Statement for our shareholders' meeting on April 6, 2017, filed on February 17, 2017;
  3.
  Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2017, filed on March 9, 2017;
  4.
  Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed November 4, 2016, December
  1, 2016, December 20, 2016, January 12, 2017, March 9, 2017, March 21, 2017, and April 10, 2017; and
  5.
  The description of our common stock set forth in our registration statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on June 6, 2000, including any amendments or reports filed for the purposes of updating this description.
  In addition to the foregoing, all documents
  subsequently filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of
  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
  offered under this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed
  to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date
  of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall
  be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein
  or in any subsequently filed document that is also incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
  statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
  Statement.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  The following exhibits are included or incorporated
  herein by reference:
  Exhibit
  No.
  Description
  4
  Specimen of Common Share Certificate (incorporated by reference to exhibit of the same number contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10K/A for its fiscal year ended October 31, 1999)
  5.1
  Opinion of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
  23.1
  Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  23.2
  Consent of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)
  99.1
  FuelCell Energy, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, effective April 6, 2017) (incorporated by reference to Annex A of the Company's Proxy Statement filed on February 17, 2017)
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
  as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
  on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
  in the City of Danbury, State of Connecticut on April 11, 2017.
  FUELCELL ENERGY, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Arthur A. Bottone
  Arthur A. Bottone
  President and
  Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
  appears below constitutes and appoints Arthur A. Bottone and Michael S. Bishop, and each of them, as his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place, and stead, in any and all
  capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
  therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith
  (including any registration statement relating to this Registration Statement and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities
  Act of 1933, as amended), with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
  of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
  therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
  said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
  done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
  as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  SIGNATURE
  TITLE
  DATE
  /s/ Arthur A. Bottone
  Arthur A. Bottone
  President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
  April 11, 2017
  /s/ Michael S. Bishop
  Michael S. Bishop
  Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
  April 11, 2017
  /s/ James Herbert England
  James Herbert England
  Director
  April 11, 2017
  /s/ Matthew F. Hilzinger
  Matthew F. Hilzinger
  Director
  April 11, 2017
  /s/ John A. Rolls
  John A. Rolls
  Director - Chairman of the Board
  April 6, 2017
  /s/ Christopher S. Sotos
  Christopher S. Sotos
  Director
  April 11, 2017
  /s/ Togo Dennis West, Jr.
  Togo Dennis West, Jr.
  Director
  April 11, 2017
  /s/ Natica von Althann
  Natica von Althann
  Director
  April 6, 2017
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit
  No.
  Description
  4
  Specimen of Common Share Certificate (incorporated by reference to exhibit of the same number contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10K/A for its fiscal year ended October 31, 1999)
  5.1
  Opinion of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
  23.1
  Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  23.2
  Consent of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)
  99.1
  FuelCell Energy, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, effective April 6, 2017) (incorporated by reference to Annex A of the Company's Proxy Statement filed on February 17, 2017)