DNREC: State Fines Bloom Energy $40K For Air Quality Violations

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn M. Garvin has issued a DNREC Notice of Administrative Penalty and Secretary’s Order to Diamond State Generation Partners, LLC (Bloom Energy) for violations of Delaware’s air quality regulations, according to a statement released Friday.

Diamond State Generation Partners has paid a penalty of $40,000 along with $5,454 in cost recovery to the Department.

Diamond State Generation Partners, LLC/Bloom Energy owns and operates a fuel cell facility in New Castle, Del., commonly identified as the “Red Lion” facility. The DNREC Administrative Penalty covers air quality violations at the company’s Red Lion facility that occurred from June 16 through July 19, 2019, according to a statement released by DNREC.

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