EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – November 30, 2016 – The Northeast Electrochemical Energy Storage Cluster (NEESC) and the Connecticut Green Bank co-hosted the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Forum on Thursday and Friday, November 17 and 18 in Hartford, CT. The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Forum featured expert panels that discussed supply…
CT is among top three states in hydrogen and fuel cells
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – Nov. 29, 2016 – Connecticut is one of the top three states, including California and New York, leading the statewide use of hydrogen and fuel cells in the United States, according to the State of the States: Fuel Cells in America 2016 report issued by the…
Grab your digital shovel: Connecticut technology is changing archaeology
(Crain’s, 11/18/16) – Archaeologists are digging deeper – into advertising and technology. Products created by the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology are helping Professor Richard Freund, an archaeologist based at the University of Hartford, do just that. A template and an app developed by the East Hartford-based center is the…
Hydrogen fuel cell cars coming to Connecticut
(Connecticut Post, 11/26/16) – Connecticut is poised to become the first state in the Northeast — and the second in the U.S. — to sell hydrogen fuel cell powered cars — considered by many to be the most Green vehicle available. Joel Rinebold, energy director for the Connecticut Center for…
Fuel-cell makers strike out on major CT deals
(Hartford Business Journal, 11/28/16) – Connecticut over the years has nurtured its fuel-cell industry perhaps more than any other state, offering policies and financial perks that have made the miniature power plants more economical to manufacture and purchase. But two major state clean-energy procurements, which failed to select fuel-cell projects,…
Electric vehicle rebate program gets $2.7M in funding
(Hartford Business Journal, 11/16/2016) – A total of $2.7 million in new funding for a consumer rebate program aimed at promoting the sale of electric vehicles is now available, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Friday. He shared the news at the 2016 Connecticut International Auto Show in Hartford. Read More…
Fuel Cells: Promising, but struggling to catch on
(Yale Climate Connections, 11/21/2016) – Fuel cells have been the next best clean-energy thing for, well, a long time. A technology with roots in the 1800s and modern-day use in every NASA-manned space flight from Apollo through the end of the space shuttle program, fuel cells just kind of look…
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Forum
Energy and protecting the environment have been a U.S. priority for decades. With the transfer of power in 2017, will that priority remain? Discover what alternative energy experts are thinking at the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Industry Forum on Thursday Nov. 17 and Friday, Nov. 18 in Harford as they…
CCAT honored as UConn environmental partner
(Hartford Courant Community, 11/7/2016) – The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc. (CCAT) was named an Environmental Partner Finalist for the 2013-2016 Environmental Leadership Award by the University of Connecticut Environmental Policy Advisory Council at an awards ceremony on October 25, 2016. The award distinguishes CCAT’s dedication and contribution to environmental…
Girls experience manufacturing at summit
(New Britain Herald, 11/7/2016) – More than 185 middle and high school girls gathered last week to participate in the third annual “Connecticut. Dream It. Do It. Making It Real: Girls & Manufacturing Summit” in Windsor. The event, presented by “Connecticut. Dream It. Do It.,” “Dream It. Do It. Massachusetts” and…