South Windsor manufacturer ClearEdge Power has installed a 400 kilowatt fuel cell at the Science Building at Western Connecticut State University.
UConn and the Storrs area are in dire need of a new source of water and the state is planning on spending billions more to increase the student population. which will need vastly more water to support them. For more on this story, visit: LETTER: Why Not A Fuel Cell Farm For UConn? – Courant.com.
A South Windsor company is ending its contract to lease buses powered by fuel cells to the state after laying off between 100 and 170 workers.
Hartford conglomerate United Technologies Corp. likely will sell its fuel cell subsidiary UTC Power at a deep discount to emerging Oregon firm ClearEdge Power, industry analysts say. Click on this environmental headline for more from Brad Kane at the Hartford Business Journal.
What is being promoted as the biggest fuel cell power plant in the world — and an international showpiece for developer Fuel Cell Inc. of Danbury — sure won’t look like much. “You know United Illuminating’s substation? A concrete pad with a bunch of metal stuff and wires? It’s going to look like that, surrounded
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Eastern Connecticut State University is partnering with UTC Power of South Windsor, Conn., and the Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA), on a project that is increasing energy efficiency at the University. For more on this story, visit: Eastern Connecticut State University Commissions Fuel Cell Power Plant.
Two members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation say they plan to introduce legislation to increase tax incentives for stationary fuel cells. Of course, if you’re a fuel cell company, you would support such legislation.
The city’s fifth fuel cell is up and running, making New Haven the community with the most independent fuel cells in the state and saving the city up to $1 million in energy costs over 10 years, officials said. For more on this story, visit: New Haven’s ‘green’ reputation grows with new fuel cell (video)-
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While visiting Fuel Cell Energy Inc. today in Torrington, U.S. Rep. John B. Larson and Sen. Richard Blumenthal announced they will introduce legislation aimed at improving fuel cell and hydrogen energy infrastructure and increasing federal incentives for the use of fuel cell technology to strengthen a growing industry and help reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil.
Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) has installed a 1.4-megawatt fuel cell power plant that will reduce the school’s energy costs by $100,000 per year. via Central Connecticut State U To Save $100,000 per Year with Fuel Cell — Campus Technology.
Gov. Dannel Malloy celebrated a boost to clean energy Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Central Connecticut State University. The university’s new campus fuel cell power plant, emitting virtually zero pollutants, will generate ultra-clean electricty as well as steam for heating and cooling campus buildings. via The New Britain Herald : New Britain, Conn., and
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Before the clean energy world knew about fuel cells, United Technologies knew about them. UTC pioneered the modern fuel cell for NASA beginning with the Apollo space program in the 1960s through the end of the shuttle program last year.
The chief executive officer of industrial conglomerate United Technologies Corp. hinted Tuesday that it could sell its fuel cell business.
German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz is working on developing hydrogen fuel cell technology to launch in 2014.
Western Connecticut State University and United Technologies will build a fuel cell this year to power WCSU’s science building, and the project is estimated to save the school $30,000 per year.
UConn officials, along with representatives of UTC Power and the Connecticut Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority, commissioned a new fuel cell power plant at UConn’s Depot Campus that will supply the campus with clean and efficient energy, cooling, and heating for years to come, UConn Today reports.
The fuel cell was scheduled to be opened last month at the Millennium Plaza near City Hall. It will be used to power both City Hall and the Hall of records. It will also be used to generate the majority of the heat needed for both facilities. City officials estimate that the fuel cell will
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New Milford High School junior Jaden Williams entered Science Horizons for the first time this year. He won the top overall prize in the senior biological category and a paid trip to compete at the INTEL international science fair in Pittsburgh in May. Williams, 16, won for his project, “The Effects of Bacteria Source On
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Late last year Central Connecticut State University in New Britain added a 1.4 megawatt fuel cell from Fuel Cell Energy to its existing 2.5 megawatt cogeneration plant, a couple of months too late, however, for the snowstorm. “If we had the fuel cell, it would have pretty much operated the whole campus,” said plant facilities engineer Rob Gagne.
New Haven City Hall in Connecticut has taken delivery of a UTC Power PureCell 400, the fifth fuel cell to be installed in the city. For more on this story, visit: UTC Power Fuel Cell Arrives at New Haven City Hall, Connecticut. The fuel cell will provide the majority of electricity to City Hall and
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