Norwalk Advocate
A plan to nearly double the capacity of a Cos Cob power plant and bring electricity to 100,000 homes will likely improve air quality, state environmental officials said yesterday.
The Department of Environ-mental Protection has tentatively approved upgrades to an electrical plant on Sound Shore Drive, allowing it to produce 40 more megawatts of electricity -- or enough to power 40,000 homes -- for a total of 100 megawatts.
The plan calls for the addition of two more turbines to join the three already operating at the plant, as well as retrofitting existing equipment with newer and cleaner technology, allowing the plant to generate more electricity while producing less air pollution, the DEP said....
...."There's no gas available for that site for the pressure required," he said. "That option is available to them if they ever wanted to bring a line big enough in."The plant upgrade has already received approval from the town Planning and Zoning Commission and state Siting Council.
These plans were part of a larger $16 billion investment NRG announced a couple of years ago to expand its energy generation capacity in the Northeast, South Central and Western regions of the country, allowing it to produce about an additional 10,500 megawatts over the next decade.
Original Norwalk Advocate article: DEP OKs plant upgrade
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