My colleagues at the The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) asked me to post a notice about a new Operational Demonstration Program the Fund has launched. This program funds the installation, demonstration and testing of pre-commercial clean energy technologies in Connecticut by providing loans of $150,000 to $500,000.

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Wallingford, Conn. – SunHydro announced last week it had reached an agreement with Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. (TMS) to place ten (10) Toyota Advanced Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicles (FCHV-adv) in the Connecticut area this fall. The vehicles will support the new SunHydro solar-powered hydrogen fueling station, located at Proton Energy Systems‘ headquarters in Wallingford, [...]

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Bloomfield, Conn. – Constitution Bio Fuels, LLC, which produces a clean-burning and sustainable fuel from waste vegetable oil, had its grand opening last week. The company collects used vegetable oil from a variety of resources including restaurants, hospitals, colleges, and nursing homes. The company processes the used vegetable oil into biodiesel and home heating oil. [...]

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Stamford, Conn. – According to the Stamford Advocate, the developer of Metro Green Apartments, the city’s first green affordable housing project, has been awarded a $2.5 million state grant toward the second phase of its development. Jonathan Rose Companies opened the first phase of Metro Green last year with 50 affordable units at 84 Henry [...]

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Connecticut has a robust history in manufacturing.  As technologies developed during the latter part of 20th century, firms in the Nutmeg state played a huge role in adding value to a growing national economy. During this time period, Connecticut’s economy flourished due to increases in defense spending, infrastructure development and advancements in bio medical drugs [...]

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Hartford, Conn. – Based on a report on the Hartford Business Journal’s web site, The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is unveiling a new co-generation power plant facility this Tuesday at its Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard.  The new plant will allow Foxwoods to be fully powered by an environmentally friendly, state-of-the-art co-generation power plant fueled [...]

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