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Fuel Cell Switch — Comcast Cable on April 21 turned on the 400-kilowatt fuel cell at
its Western New England Regional Headquarters in Berlin, covering 80 percent of the facility's
entire electricity load. The fuel cell was provided by California-based Bloom Energy and will
produce 3 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually, offsetting the 80,000-square-foot
facility's carbon emissions by the equivalent of taking 185 cars off the road. Pictured from left
are John Reuter, Bloom vice president of enterprise accounts; Berlin Mayor Rachel Rochette;
Michael Caron, Public Utilities Regulatory Authority commissioner; Mary McLaughlin, Comcast
senior vice president; State Sen. Paul Doyle (D-Rocky Hill), co-chair of the Energy & Technology
Committee; PURA Chairman Arthur House; Berlin Town Manager Denise McNair; and Andy
McCarthy, Comcast vice president of engineering.
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Earth Day Cleanup — Volunteers from Prudential Financial helped clean up Wexford
Park in Hartford as part of their Earth Day celebration (from left): Elizabeth Adcock, Maureen Daigle,
Judy Lawson, Maryann Foster, Julie Merritt, Adam Login, Linda Denning Shea, and Roz Chapman.
Earth Day Tree — Charmaine
Craig (front row, yellow shirt) received the
Community Earth Day Award from the
students at the Environmental Sciences Mary
Hooker Elementary Magnet School, where
they planted a tree in her honor.
Five-year Solar — Since it was
installed in 2010, the solar array on the roof
of Webster Bank's New Britain facility on
Slater Road has generated 391.1 megawatts
of electricity, enough to power a television
for 113,731 days. The building houses 450
Webster bankers.
