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facility in Windsor when it was
owned by the Swiss conglomerate
ABB Group. After Alstom purchased
the power division from ABB in 2001,
the lab remained at that facility until
November 2013 when ABB asked it
to leave so it could develop the site
into the mixed used residential
development Great Pond Village.
The move to the Bloomfield facil-
ity was painstaking and took nearly
two years as all the testing equip-
ment had to be carefully marked,
transported and reassembled after
the short drive, Pereira said.
The company held the in-
auguration to let the Depart-
ment of Energy and its other
partners know its services
were back in full swing. The
event was attended by Assistant
Secretary Christopher Smith of the
U.S. Department of Energy, Alstom
President Amy Ericson and Com-
missioner Catherine Smith of the
Connecticut Department of Eco-
nomic & Community Development.
"The inauguration was the
culmination of everything we put
into that move," said Carl Edberg,
Alstom manager of boiler testing
and validation in Bloomfield.
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Power Fuels
Through September, these are the fuels
generating power in New England
PERCENT
FUEL OF TOTAL
Natural Gas 48
Nuclear 30
Hydro 7
Coal 4
Wood 3
Refuse 2
Coal 2
Landfill Gas 2
Wind 1.5
Solar 0.5
SOURCE: ISO NEW ENGLAND
Green Tip:
An easy way to cut down on
your office's energy use is to shut
down and unplug your machines
— computers, copiers, coffee pots,
vending machines — at the end of
the workday.
Carl Edberg (sitting) oversees
research testing in Alstom's
Bloomfield control room.
PHOTO | STEVE LASCHEVER
