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www.CTGreenGuide.com WINTER 2015 • CONNECTICUT GREEN GUIDE 9 more economical to operate and ad- dress emissions concerns as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations are becoming stricter. The EPA works with the Connecti- cut Department of Energy & Envi- ronmental Protection every year to monitor the state's emissions accord- ing to the air quality standards of the federal Clean Air Act, which is the main law EPA uses to regulate power plants. If Connecticut has air pollut- ants that are above acceptable stan- dards, then DEEP and the state work to come up with more regulations on power plants to get pollution below those levels, said Jaimeson Sinclair, assistant director at the DEEP Bureau of Air Management. "We have had and will continue to have significant reductions in the emissions of our power plants," Sinclair said. Having technology available for both new and old power plants during such a time gives Alstom an advantage over its competitors when selling across the nation and the globe in a world increasingly concerned with air pollution. "It is always dynamic to produce fewer emissions and better power plants," Pereira said. The process, though, to introduce such technology into the market- place is long, as all theories must be tested at length, from when they are conceived in the lab to when they are put into the field. The timeline for the chemical looping technology is 30 years long, with implementation expected in the mid-2020s. Because of its focus on efficiency, Alstom performs a lot of contract work for the U.S. Department of En- ergy, which is the main reason for the Bloomfield lab's inauguration fanfare in August. Alstom previously occupied a former nuclear reactor testing Research Cycle Alstom's timeline to bring its chemical looping combustion technology to market is 30 years long. 1996-2000: Bench testing 2000-2008: Testing in a pilot plant 2008-2015: Development of prototype 2016-2020: Demonstrating prototype in real-world settings 2020-2026: Demonstrating technology on a commercial scale SOURCE: ALSTOM • Break-through advanced oxy-combustion technology that does not require air separation units • Lowest option for coal-fired power generation with carbon capture • Limestone is used as carrier of oxygen and heat • Based on Alstom's proven CFB technology CHEMICAL LOOPING COMBUSTION TRANSFORMATIONAL COAL POWER TECHNOLOGY SOURCE: ALSTOM