The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. said it has just held a dedication ceremony for a fuel cell at a new Connecticut store that is expected to generate more than 90 percent of the store's electricity.
The fuel cell is a first for the Quincy-based chain, which operates nearly 400 stores in the Northeast, Stop & Shop said. The fuel cell was installed in a 55,000-square-foot Stop & Shop that opened last spring in Torrington, Conn. (The fuel cell is shown at right in a photo provided by Stop & Shop.)
The fuel cell is a Power PureCell System Model 400 from UTC Power, a unit of United Technologies Corp. The fuel cell, coupled with the use of the thermal energy produced by the fuel cell, means that the total electric and natural gas utility bills for the store in Torrington are roughly 50 percent lower than the bills for a typical Stop & Shop store, a company spokeswoman said.
Stop & Shop added that it received a grant from the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund to help with the costs of its fuel cell efforts.
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