Community Energized: City of Hartford, Constellation and Bloom Energy Power Up Microgrid in Parkville Neighborhood
April 25 2017 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Fuel cell microgrid supports budget, energy
reliability and environmental goals
The City of Hartford, Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon
Corporation, and Bloom Energy announced the completion of a fuel
cell microgrid that will generate clean energy, manage electricity
costs and supply emergency power for public buildings and
businesses in the city’s Parkville neighborhood.
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A fuel cell microgrid that will generate
clean energy, manage electricity costs and supply emergency power
for public buildings and businesses in Hartford's Parkville
neighborhood. (Graphic: Business Wire)
Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, State Representative Lonnie Reed,
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
(DEEP) Commissioner Robert Klee, and representatives from
Constellation and Bloom Energy attended a ribbon cutting ceremony
today at Parkville Community School to mark the occasion.
“I’m proud that Hartford is home to one of Connecticut’s first
fully operational microgrids powering vital community services on a
daily basis with clean, affordable energy,” said Hartford Mayor
Luke Bronin. “This project strengthens Hartford’s energy
infrastructure while reducing costs and making our City more
sustainable, and I am grateful to the State, Constellation and
Bloom Energy for their partnership.”
The 800-kilowatt microgrid system generates 100 percent of the
electricity for Hartford’s Parkville Elementary School, Dwight
Branch Library, Parkville Senior Center and Charter Oak Health
Center. If there’s an electrical grid outage, the microgrid will
provide emergency power to these locations and a local gas station
and grocery store, so residents can purchase
essentials. Excess power generated by the system will reduce
electricity costs at four local schools: Bulkeley High School,
Hartford High School, Weaver High School and the Sport and Medical
Sciences Academy.
Constellation provided engineering, procurement and construction
services for the project and operates the microgrid system. The
city will purchase the electricity generated by Bloom Energy fuel
cells at or below current market rates through a 15-year power
purchase agreement. The project’s completion was the collective
effort of private and public stakeholders from city and state
agencies, Parkville’s community, local utilities and numerous
engineering and construction firms.
“As a competitive energy supplier, Constellation aims to provide
business and government customers energy options that enhance
operational efficiencies, resiliency and sustainability,” said Gary
Fromer, senior vice president of distributed energy at
Constellation. “We applaud the City of Hartford and our project
partners for their commitment to microgrid development and the
state of Connecticut for creating public-private initiatives that
support the development of innovative solutions.”
“Bloom Energy is proud to power this microgrid in the City of
Hartford with clean, cost- effective electricity that will keep the
community operating in emergency situations,” said Josh Richman,
vice president global business development and policy at Bloom
Energy. "This project is a truly innovative public-private
partnership between Bloom Energy, Constellation, Eversource, the
City of Hartford and the State of Connecticut."
The project is Connecticut’s first developed through a
public-private effort and one of the first implemented through
DEEP’s Microgrid Grant Program. Additionally, the project is part
of the state’s Low-Emission Renewable Energy Credits Program, which
enables participants to sell qualified Connecticut Class I
Renewable Energy Credits created from renewable projects to the
local utility under a long-term contract.
“DEEP’s first-in-the-nation microgrid grant program is an
essential tool to help minimize hardships to our residents and
businesses when severe storms occur, and we are going to see more
frequent and more extreme storms as a result of changes in our
climate,” said DEEP Commissioner Robert Klee. “Microgrid projects,
such as this innovative installation in Hartford, will help
maintain critical government services and amenities people need
even if the power goes down.”
To learn more about the City of Hartford microgrid visit
https://youtu.be/2gMv-Diaxow.
About Constellation
Constellation is a leading competitive energy company providing
power, natural gas and energy products and services for homes and
businesses across the continental United States. Constellation
serves more than 2.2 million residential, public sector and
business customers, including more than two-thirds of the Fortune
100. Constellation is a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation
(NYSE:EXC), the nation's leading competitive energy provider, with
2016 revenues of approximately $31.4 billion, and more than 32,700
megawatts of owned capacity comprising one of the nation's cleanest
and lowest-cost power generation fleets. Learn more at
www.constellation.com or on Twitter at @ConstellationEG.
About Bloom Energy
Bloom Energy is a provider of a revolutionary on-site power
generation system called the Bloom Energy Server® based on
proprietary fuel cell technology that provides 24x7 firm power that
is reliable, clean and cost effective. With more than 200 MW
deployed, Bloom Energy Servers produce power for companies
including Apple, Wal-Mart, AT&T, eBay and FedEx, as well as
notable non-profit organizations such as Caltech. Also, with its
Mission Critical Systems practice, Bloom Energy provides
grid-independent power for critical loads in data centers and
manufacturing. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California. For more information, visit www.bloomenergy.com.
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City of HartfordAlex Beaudoin,
860-422-3432alexandra.beaudoin@hartford.govorConstellationKelly
Biemer, 410-470-9700kelly.biemer@constellation.comorBloom
EnergyAlanna Gino, 202-286-2498alanna.gino@bloomenergy.comorCT
DEEPDennis Schain, 860-462-3468dennis.schain@ct.gov
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