Greentech Lead Asia: Montville, Connecticut, in partnership with NRG Energy, is set to create a renewable energy park offering more than 500 jobs to citizens.
NRG Energy has made $100 million bid for the renewable energy project and is waiting for the approval by the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
The renewable energy park will be located on NRG property at 74 Lathrop Road. The project will use a mix of renewable energy sources including solar, clean wood and fuel cells.
NRG’s technology to convert wood into natural gas would help Montville energy plant save natural gas that is becoming scarce in the country.
The Ministry plans to approve projects to generate a total of 175 megawatts of renewable power in Connecticut. In addition to creating jobs, the project will also add economic benefits and increased property tax revenue to the town.
The Department is likely to announce its selection of NRG by August 20.
The park would generate 50 megawatts of renewable energy. The backbone of the project would be the biomass unit, which would provide up to 42 megawatts of renewable power — enough to support about 32,000 average households — using clean wood as its fuel, according to a report by theday.com, Connecticut.
The backbone of the project would be the biomass unit, which would provide up to 42 megawatts of renewable power — enough to support about 32,000 average households — using clean wood as its fuel.
The biomass generator would include controls that would reduce emission nitrogen oxides — pollutants created during combustion — by up to 75 percent, Baylor said.
The park would include two fuel cell generators created by the Connecticut-based company FuelCell Energy. The fuel cells use hydrogen and oxygen to generate 5.6 megawatts of energy and produce almost no pollution.
The solar energy, which can produce up to 2.3 megawatts of energy, will be used when the demand is greatest.
NRG expects the project to be completed by the end of 2016, if approved.