The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, on behalf of a consortium of 14 Connecticut communities and nine project partners, announced today [June 17] that the “Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge” has won a $4.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Meeting House Hill School in New Fairfield has installed 13 Cardio Kids exercise bikes that have an electricity generator made by The Green Revolution attached. While the students exercise they help generate electricity for the school. via New Fairfield students pedal to greenness – NewsTimes.

Not only are members of Guilford’s Energy Task Force excited about winning a $280,220 grant, but so are energy enthusiasts in the towns of Branford, Durham, Killingworth, Madison, and Westbrook, as they will all share in and benefit from the funds. The grant, which came from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Energy Efficiency and
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BOSTON (AP) — A New England environmental advocacy group has filed a federal lawsuit charging a subsidiary of energy provider Dominion Resources Inc. with repeatedly exceeding smokestack emission limits at its Salem Harbor facility in Massachusetts.

NRG Energy Inc., owner of four electric power plants in Connecticut, said Tuesday it has completed the acquisition of Northwind Phoenix LLC from a subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

The push for more nuclear power began in 2005 under the Bush administration, whose energy bill that year included $18 billion in loan guarantees for the construction of new nuclear power plants. It didn’t take long for the industry to take notice.

In the latest chapter of the British Petroleum oil spill, a federal judge has ruled that a six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling by the federal government was imposed “contrary to law” and agreed to lift an injunction. The civil action to stop the moratorium was taken by Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC, which owns and
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The Hybrid Scorecard from the Union of Concerned Scientists is the only comprehensive ranking of hybrid vehicles available in the U.S. market. The Hybrid Scorecard compares hybrids with their conventional counterparts to determine how effectively automakers are installing hybrid technology into their respective fleets. The scorecard can help you identify what you're really paying for
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Vermont Yankee officials announced on Tuesday that the ultimate cause of the tritium leak was a blocked pipe tunnel and that it could have been prevented if the officials took the proper protection measures. via VT Yankee leak blamed on blocked pipe | WWLP.com. IF YOU FOUND THIS STORY HELPFUL, PLEASE MAKE A DONATION TO
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Memo to the Next Governor of Connecticut: Ensure a Cleaner, Lower Cost Energy Future by Maximizing Investments in Energy Efficiency, from Jessie Stratton, Director of Government Relations, Environment Northeast. Connecticut’s high energy costs hurt our economy by making our businesses less competitive and by reducing the amount of money residents have to spend on other
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A US congressman has accused BP of playing down its concerns about the volume of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. Representative Ed Markey, the chairman of a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released an undated, internal BP document, which estimates a worst-case scenario oil flow of 100,000 barrels (15.9 million
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Joining attorneys general from 10 other Atlantic Coast states, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal sent letters to BP and its affiliated companies as a first step to protect Connecticut’s interests from the potential effects of the oil spill. Blumenthal said in a news release that even if it is unlikely that oil will actually reach
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Two surreal things happened within the span of two days. In his televised address, President Obama again sternly warned that the nation must break its dependency on oil. He again called on Congress to pass an energy bill that would vastly expand our hunt for and use of alternative and renewable energy sources. The next
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Thompson, Conn. — Town officials last week passed a clean energy resolution committing the town to purchasing 20 percent of its energy from clean sources. The initiative affirms Thompson’s participation in the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, a three-step program that has the potential to earn the town free solar panels and designate it as a
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Connecticut’s high energy costs hurt our economy by making our businesses less competitive and by reducing the amount of money residents have to spend on other in-state goods and services. Pollution from burning fossil fuels to generate electricity and heat our homes, businesses and institutions causes significant health problems and contributes to climate change that
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A contract between the Cape Wind offshore wind farm — which won final approval from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in April and is expected to begin generating electricity in 2013 — and the utility purchasing the energy, National Grid, would settle on an energy price that is twice current residential rates. Bill Wertz, a spokesman
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New York’s State Senate put New York on the path to join its Northeastern neighbors Maine and Connecticut in mandating low-sulfur heating oil. While the bill passed the New York Assembly by a landslide of 146-1, the State Senate vote proved more contentious and the bill’s passage provoked outrage from several Senators. via New York
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The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, on behalf of a consortium of 14 Connecticut communities and nine project partners, announced today [June 17] that the “Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge” has won a $4.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). via Mansfield is part of $4.1 million ‘Neighbor to Neighbor Energy Challenge’ ::
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Middlebury-based Chemtura Corp. will share in $7.3 million the U.S. Department of Energy is providing to four projects in Connecticut intended to help make buildings more energy efficient and cost-effective. via Chemtura gets $1.45 million contract for energy project | The Republican-American.

Debt and often-changing political winds are the main reasons Dominion Resources Inc. isn’t looking to expand its Millstone Nuclear Power Station or add to the company’s portfolio of New England assets. via Millstone won’t expand in Niantic – Norwich, CT – Norwich Bulletin.