[CPEO-BIF] Bristol, Connecticut "Brownfield site may soon be source of clean energy"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

From dirty to clean: Brownfield site may soon be source of clean energy

by Eve Britton

Bristol Pres (CT)

February 11, 2016 


BRISTOL - A new “ultra-clean” power plant is being envisioned at an old contaminated scrap-metal yard on Middle Street.

Officials at FuelCell Energy in Danbury have begun negotiations with the city to build the green-energy generation grid a block south of ESPN.
The 15-acre city-owned site, at 894 Middle St., has been designated a Brownfield - a contaminated site eligible for federally funded rehabilitation - by the state.

FuelCell Energy officials have expressed interest in leasing between two and three acres on the site to support seven to 12 units, producing anywhere from two to 20 megawatts of power.

Those numbers could change. “It frankly hasn’t been determined yet,” said Frank Wolak, vice president for government and business, about the company’s plans.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.centralctcommunications.com/bristolpress/article_8b6b29ec-d130-11e5-885c-470c822cf026.html

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Lenny Siegel

Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight

a project of the Pacific Studies Center

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