Connecticut Natural Gas receives Doe Grant for fuel cell development.HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 1996--Connecticut Natural Gas Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CTG CTG Cartridge CTG Center for Technology in Government (SUNY, Albany, New York) CTG Center for Technology in Government CTG Computer Task Group (IT consulting company; Buffalo, NY, USA) ) has announced the approval of a $200,000 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant toward the cost of a 200 kilowatt fuel cell under DOE's commercialization assistance program. CTG's was one of 15 grants awarded from DOE to private sector purchasers to buy and deploy the high-technology, environmentally-clean energy systems. Victor H. Frauenhofer, chairman, president and chief executive officer of CTG said, "We are extremely pleased that the DOE has approved our grant application which represents an innovative approach toward meeting Connecticut's need for clean and efficient energy sources. The fuel cell uses clean burning natural gas to produce electricity and heat in a process that has the environmental advantage of producing no polluting emissions. Working in cooperation with the manufacturer, ONSI ONSI Orion Network Systems, Inc Corp. of South Windsor South Windsor (wĭn`zər), town (1990 pop. 22,090), Hartford co., N Conn.; set off from Windsor 1845. It is chiefly residential. Oliver Wolcott, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born there. , Conn., we have current plans to install the first unit at our headquarters in downtown Hartford to provide electricity to our offices and to use the available thermal energy thermal energy Internal energy of a system in thermodynamic equilibrium (see thermodynamics) by virtue of its temperature. A hot body has more thermal energy than a similar cold body, but a large tub of cold water may have more thermal energy than a cup of boiling in the downtown district heating District heating (less commonly called teleheating) is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements. and cooling system, owned and operated by our subsidiary, The Energy Network Inc. Frauenhofer concluded, "Our future plans for fuel cells include their use at state-owned buildings in conjunction with CTG's Capitol Area System heating and cooling loop which serves most of the state office buildings. We are also exploring applications at state and private colleges and universities." Connecticut Natural Gas Corp. is the largest distributor of natural gas in the state and currently serves 145,000 customers in the Greater Hartford area and Greenwich, Conn. CONTACT: Connecticut Natural Gas Inc. Mary M. Hart, 860/727-3155 |
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