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News Cycle CT Building Two Fuel Cell Car Stations By Brad Kane T he state of Connecticut has given $450,000 to the Con- necticut Center for Advanced Technology to build two publicly available Greater Hartford fueling stations for fuel cell vehicles. By building the stations, Connect- icut wants to set itself up as a leader in fuel cell transportation infrastruc- ture, hoping automakers will want to sell their fuel cell cars in the state when they go to market in 2017, said Paul Farrell, assistant director of air planning for the state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. The fuel cell push comes after DEEP doled out $400,000 in grants to build 184 electric vehicle charging sta- tions throughout the state, part of the 361 that are now publicly available. "We are trying to take an equal amount of money and put it toward The only publicly available fuel cell car fueling station in Connecticut is at Proton Onsite in Wallingford, where Mark Schiller (left), vice president of business development, and intern Phil Lubik work. PHOTO | HBJ FILE w w w. C T G re e n G u i d e . c o m (860) 236-9998 Editor, Connecticut Green Guide Brad Kane Editor, Hartford Business Journal Greg Bordonaro News Editor, Hartford Business Journal Gregory Seay Digital Producer/Reporter Matt Pilon President and Publisher Joe Zwiebel Associate Publisher Donna Collins Office Manager Jessica Baker Administrative Coordinator Kristine Donahue Events Manager Amy Orsini Advertising Director Christian J. Renstrom Sr. Accounts Manager David Hartley Sr. Accounts Manager William C. Lambot Accounts Manager Brittney Michaud Human Resource Director Kim Vautour Credit and Collections Manager Raki Zwiebel Production Director/ Marketing Coordinator Lynn Mika Art Director Christopher Wallace Graphic Designer Vlada Shelkova CEO Peter Stanton President & Group Publisher Joseph Zwiebel CFO Mary Rogers Subscriptions: To subscribe, please visit HartfordBusiness.com, email hartfordbusiness@cambeywest.com, or call (845) 267-3478. Advertising: For advertising information, please call (860) 236-9998. Please address all correspondence to: Hartford Business Journal, 15 Lewis Street, Suite 200, Hart ford CT 06103. News Department: If you have a news item: Call us at (860) 236-9998, fax us at (860) 570-2493, or e-mail us at editorial@HartfordBusiness.com Hartford Business Journal accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or materials and in general does not return them to the sender. Connecticut Green Guide is published quarterly by New England Business Media LLC, 15 Lewis Street, Suite 200, Hartford CT 06103. Tel: (860) 236-9998 Fax (860) 570-2493 Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Postmaster: Please send address changes to: Hartford Business Journal P.O. Box 330, Congers, NY 10920-9894 GreenGuide C O N N E C T I C U T www.copyright.com A publication of Hartford Business Journal www.CTGreenGuide.com FALL 2015 • CONNECTICUT GREEN GUIDE 3