Tag: connecticut
Plainfield, Connecticut Biomass Facility Changes Hands Again
– by Brian Dowling, March 25, 2015, Hartford Courant Leidos Inc. is selling its Plainfield wood-fired power plant to Greenleaf Power, a Sacramento company that is buying biomass plants across North America. Greenleaf Power announced Wednesday it has agreed to buy the 37.5-megawatt power plant in a deal it expects to close later this year. The…
Dirty Energy Ash Blamed for Toxic Soil in Greenwich, CT
– by Bill Cummings, December 28, 2014, CT Post The discovery of PCBs and other contaminants at Greenwich High School two years ago is only part of a mosaic of cancer-causing toxics that have cropped up at various sites around one of the nation’s wealthiest, most exclusive communities. Pollutants have now been confirmed at three other locations in Greenwich,…
Connecticut Buys Fake “Clean” Energy from New Hampshire Biomass Incinerator
[Other than ignoring all health and environmental impacts of biomass incineration, this article falsely claims that the Burgess BioPower incinerator in New Hampshire can operate at 90% efficiency, while in reality biomass power incinerators operate at 20-25% efficiency. -Ed.] – by Geoffrey Craig and Derek Sands, Platts Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority approved on Tuesday a New…
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