Cheap, Clean
POWER
Joseph Pereira says making
existing power plants
as efficient and clean
as possible is the key in
keeping electricity costs low
while making money for his
company in a world focused
on reducing air pollution.
PHOTO | STEVE LASCHEVER
Bloomfield energy lab
seeks to solve riddle of
cost vs. clean power
By Brad Kane
F
rench conglomerate Alstom,
you could say, is pragmatic.
Or you could call the com-
pany opportunistic.
The public discourse regarding
cleaner air and fewer greenhouse
gas emissions has long been domi-
nated by expensive technologies
like solar, fuel cells and wind. Even
when President Barack Obama talk-
ed about keeping electricity costs
down, his focus was on nuclear
power plants, which are relatively
inexpensive to operate but cost bil-
lions to license and build.
Alstom, though, is searching for
a better solution in Bloomfield.
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