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27 December 2006 -- FuelCell Energy, Inc. announced that it has submitted bids for 98.6 MW of fuel cell power projects to the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) for Project 100 in Connecticut, US. The project proposals ranged in size from 2.4 MW to 28 MW and were submitted in partnership with several developers. The CCEF is scheduled to announce project selections in March.
Connecticut is one of 23 Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) states that mandate increased amounts of electric power be generated by green energy sources. Connecticut's RPS requires 10 percent of peak power, or approximately 400 MW, must come from renewable energy sources by 2010.
The CCEF, created and funded by the state legislature to encourage wider installation of clean energy technologies for the benefit of Connecticut ratepayers, established Project 100 to encourage the installation of 100 MW of electricity generated by renewable means by 2008. For this phase of Project 100, the CCEF has received just under 315 MW of project proposals. The Project 100 submissions spanned a wide breadth of clean energy technologies including those using fuel cells, wind sources, biomass and solar.
Successful projects will enter into a standard electric power purchase agreement (PPA) adopted by the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) with the Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) and United Illuminating (UI), with final approval subsequently granted by the DPUC.
FuelCell Energy's DFC power plants generate electricity electrochemically -- without combustion -- so they significantly reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and other pollutants like nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides and particulate matter. They can run on a variety of fuels, including renewables like anaerobic digester gas, ethanol and other biomass sources, as well as readily available fuels such as natural gas and propane. Heat created during fuel cell operation may be used in combined heat and power applications, further increasing the plants' efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
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