Fairfield might soon go into the green energy business. Public Works Assistant Director Ed Boman has pitched a plan to turn otherwise wasted space in downtown Fairfield into renewable energy for town-owned buildings.
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.
When it comes to climate change, everything is important, and time is running out. That is why Public Service Enterprises Group’s (PSEG) petition to renew its operating air standards permit at its Bridgeport Harbor station must be reconsidered … Carol Swenson comments in The Connecticut Post on PSEG’s petition to renew its operating air standards. A must read for anyone interested in the quality of the air they breathe in this fine state of Connecticut (an anyone upwind of our state).
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.
Satellite imagery company GeoEye has teamed up with Geostellar in a partnership that aims to map and catalog the photovoltaic solar potential of every commercial and residential property in the United States. Click on this environmental headline for more on this story from our friends at Environmental Leader.
A new monitoring system will allow facilities managers at up to 100 state buildings to achieve cost savings by identifying and addressing inefficiencies in energy use associated with building operations, the DEEP announced. Installation of the EfficiencySmart Insight service from EnerNOC, will give state facilities managers and EnerNOC technical advisors access to real-time energy data – allowing for specific and timely actions to reduce energy consumption.
Massachusetts utility regulators late Wednesday gave final approval to the $17.5 billion merger of Northeast Utilities and Boston-based NStar.
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Connecticut $481,473 to reduce costs associated with the installation and use of rooftop solar panels. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy Thursday announced the award of the so-called “SunShot Initiative” funds. Luther Turmelle of the New Haven Register reports.
Connecticut Fund for the Environment has urged the Energy & Technology Committee to support H.B. No. 5385, AAC Energy Retrofits for Certain Buildings and the Disclosure of the Energy Efficiency of Certain Buildings.
As part of a deal to help ease the process of the planned merger between NStar and Northeast Utilities , the administration of Gov. Deval Patrick has reached a deal that would see the merged entity purchase more than a quarter of the power expected to be generated by Cape Wind.
The third annual Home Energy Expo – sponsored by the Enfield Clean Energy Committee on Sunday, Jan. 29 – easily topped previous editions in terms of both attendance and show floor options. Click on this environmental headline for more on this story.
Connecticut taxpayers will save $136,061 annually thanks to a lighting system upgrade at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic and the replacement of rooftop HVAC units at Willard-Cybulski Correctional Institute in Enfield—the first projects to be funded by Gov. Dannel Malloy’s Lead by Example (LBE) state building energy efficiency program.
The Bridgeport Harbor Station in southwest Connecticut, which is less than a mile from six schools and a university,1 is the last remaining coal plant in the state. And as of last week, the plant’s operating permit has expired, giving us a great opportunity to shut this half-century old polluter down once and for all.
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Now that Connecticut’s electrical power has been fully restored, the typical governmental responses are kicking in: point fingers, hold hearings and propose changes to existing practices. And, as is also typical, the discussions will take place within a distinct silo of a single issue. In this case, it is the pre- and post-storm performance of Connecticut Light & Power. Jefferson B. Davies writes in The Hartford Courant.
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center received a UTC Power PureCell Model 400 system on Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.The system will provide clean, reliable on-site power at the St. Francis Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital campus on Blue Hills Avenue in Hartford. The fuel cell from UTC Power will provide 400kw of clean, reliable power to Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital, serving nearly half of the building’s electrical needs.
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.
Bridgeport Biodiesel, which converts used cooking oil into biodiesel, opened in Bridgeport’s West End neighborhood Monday.
Verdant Power has been awarded a 10-year license for a tidal wave energy plant in New York City’s East River. Verdant has tested six turbines there in the tidal strait between New York Harbor and Long Island Sound. The power produced by that demonstration project powered a Gristedes supermarket and a parking garage on Roosevelt Island. Click on this environmental headline for more on this story.
“The task with these programs is how you design the industry so it doesn’t rely on subsidies,” Garcia said. “Our main goal is to attract and deploy capital to help Connecticut meet its clean energy goals.” Hartford Business Journal reports.
The new power procurement manager, Jeffrey Gaudiosi, 39, of Windsor, currently serves as vice president of the Manufacturing Alliance of Connecticut and a vice chairman of the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Board. Gaudiosi will start work in his new position Feb. 10.
