Element One, CHEM sign reformer, PEMFC partnership agreement
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 65 KB
- Volume
- 2010
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-2859
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✦ Synopsis
CCAT to lead regional hydrogen, fuel cell cluster in Connecticut T he Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology in East Hartford has received a grant from the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) to expand a growing hydrogen and fuel cell regional cluster centered in the northeastern US. This energy technology cluster is poised for growth to meet worldwide demand for clean and efficient electric power generation.
'Maximizing a region's economic assets is one of the best ways to create long-term job growth,' says SBA administrator Karen G. Mills. 'We are announcing funding support for 10 regional economic clusters. SBA's support will help expand the opportunities and the role small businesses play in these regional collaborations, which are enhancing the ability to create jobs locally and compete on a national and global scale.'
CCAT will work with its partners in New England and New York to support the collective industry through a public-private partnership for business development, workforce training, establishment of strategic market development activities, and increased deployment of fuel cell generation facilities. The project team includes CCAT, the Hydrogen Energy Center, Massachusetts Hydrogen Coalition, Clean Energy States Alliance, and the New York Fuel Cell Network.
'Assistance to expand this technology cluster will lead to lower energy costs, improved environmental performance, and an increase in US based jobs,' adds Joel Rinebold, energy programs director at CCAT and chair of the Coalition. 'This is a great opportunity to invest in an emerging technology made in the region that will serve an expanding global market.' [Joel wrote the feature on Connecticut published in FCB, June 2010.]
Non-profit CCAT serves as a unique economic development center of excellence for the region, state, and nation. Its Energy Program administers the Connecticut Hydrogen-Fuel Cell Coalition, which comprises representatives from the fuel cell and hydrogen industry, labor organizations, academia, government, and other stakeholders. The Coalition works to advance the development, manufacture, and deployment of fuel cell and hydrogen technology and associated fueling systems in Connecticut and abroad.