Here's Why Bloom Energy, FuelCell Energy, and Plug Power Rocketed Up as Much as 86% in January

Fuel cell stocks as a group provided investors with some of the market's best performances last year. For example, Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) soared 284% while shares of FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ: FCEL) shot up 345% and Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG)gained 973%. 

The upward trajectories of these stocks have hardly slowed in the new year. In January, Bloom Energy rose 22% while FuelCell Energy and Plug Power both climbed by 86%. Investors unfamiliar with these names might initially suspect that their recent climbs were related to Reddit. That wasn't the case, though -- there were a number of more rational factors in play.

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