Elemental Power Group, LLC, a New York-based renewable energy development company, has proposed two projects for approval to the state of Connecticut through its Project 100 renewable energy RFP.
The two projects, one in Bridgeport, CT and one in Danbury, CT, if approved by the state, will be the largest fuel cell generation projects in the world, each totaling approximately 30 megawatts of ultra-clean electrical generation.
“Fuel Cells provide extremely clean, reliable 24/7 electricity. Projects such as our Bridgeport and Danbury facilities are just the beginning of a strategy to supplement our nation’s renewable portfolio of hydro, wind, solar, biomass and geothermal sources with a highly-efficient urban renewable energy resource,” said Robert Babcock, President of Elemental Power Group.
The state of Connecticut established the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) to promote faster and wider installation of renewable energy sources in the state. The CCEF then established “Project 100” to provide incentives for the installation of 100 megawatts of renewable energy generation by 2008. EPG has proposed its projects under round two of Project 100. Awards are scheduled to be announced near the end of March 2007.
“Should we be granted an award by the CCEF, our plan is to have our facilities producing power by late 2008 and to be fully operational by the summer of 2009,” Babcock said.
Each of the proposed facilities would provide power to the local communities in which they are located. The Bridgeport facility is designed to repurpose and refurbish an old industrial structure that is sitting, unused, in the city’s heart. The Danbury facility will be constructed on an abandoned lot in that city’s aged industrial district approximately one mile from the headquarters of the technology provider, FuelCell Energy, Inc.
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