The Advocate - Green government: Stamford, Westport find ways to save that are environmentally sound: "Before the plant closed in 2002, the engines ran on diesel fuel. They were so loud that plant operators needed ear protection.
Some of the engines were built in 1940; another in 1971. These throwbacks will not be around much longer: The city's Second Taxing District, in partnership with Emcor, a Norwalk-based energy company, plans to replace the old machinery with new engines that will operate on landfill gas, a renewable energy source.
John Hiscock, the taxing district's general manager, said he has no choice but to go clean if he wants the power plant to operate again.
'To attempt to put these back in service today - they would need lots of service,' he said. 'There would be air permit issues. This is old, old technology. It needs to go.'"
