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The University of Connecticut will seek to advance affordable and sustainable energy technologies with the help of a new energy research institute with Fraunhofer USA announced today by state and international officials. The Fraunhofer Center for Energy Innovation (CEI) will research energy production, storage, and distribution, according to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s office, which announced the development in conjunction with German Consul General to the U.S. Rolf Schütte, Frau

FuelCell Energy Inc. in Danbury says it has gotten a two-year, $129 million contract to supply its Korean partner with 70 megawatts of fuel cell kits and related services. South Korean industrial giant Posco Power's contract is good through October 2013, FuelCell said. The front-loaded contract calls for FuelCell to collect as much as 40 percent, or $52 million, of the order's value by October, when the first kits will be delivered. South Korea mandates that most of the natio