Killingly

Homes that generate all of their own power through energy efficiencies and renewables represent an attractive market for specialized builders, but broad demand for them so far remains elusive in Connecticut

A new natural gas-fired electric generating facility will be opening in Killingly. It is one of three in the Eastern U.S. announced by NTE Energy.

Killingly manufacturer Rogers Corp. said Thursday that it expects to report lower second-quarter profits and net sales as a result of a sudden sales decline in the Chinese wireless telecom market.

The state of Connecticut's two main housing promoters are providing more than $60 million to 14 affordable-housing projects statewide, authorities say.

A Glastonbury couple have taken the top prize in Energize Connecticut's fifth annual Zero Energy Challenge, a statewide contest pushing builders and homeowners to create homes that consumer as little energy as possible.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $245,000 to three school bus fleets to pay for 11 new school buses that emit less pollution than older buses.

The private equity parent of Hartford-based Equipower said it expects to sell 10 power plants — including two in Connecticut — to a Houston operator for $3.45 billion by the first quarter of 2015.

Utah-based Spring Mobile, which sells AT&T wireless phones, has purchased 12 stores in Connecticut as part of a national buy of 53 locations, the company announced Tuesday.

The state of Connecticut and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $27.5 million in grants and loans for 20 Connecticut communities to clean up brownfield sites.

Berlin electric utility Connecticut Light & Power will have a helicopter flying over the eastern portion of the state intermittently between August and December to install a transmission line.