Cogeneration – CHP
Cogeneration is the simultaneous generation of heat and power and also is known as CHP (combined heat and power). These stories are about this integrated energy technique. We look at facilities using the method, the fuels and power sources used in cogeneration, the outputs for CHP and their environmental impact, and the Energy-Star combined CHP award.
Medical Industry Focuses on Energy Use, Waste
All sectors of the medical industry including equipment manufacturing, medical waste services and healthcare facilities are tackling the issue of sustainability. Some of the latest ...
Biomass CoGen Project to Produce Power for NMU With Little Waste
Northern Michigan University decided to add a $68 million biomass cogeneration plant to ...
CoGen Plants Get Upgrades to Improve Efficiency
Aging cogeneration plants in Europe are getting upgrades that are aimed at improving efficiency and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. As an example, Galp Energia's Matosinhos Cogeneration ...
PepsiCo Drops RECs in Favor of $30M in On-site Generation
PepsiCo, since 2007 one of the leading U.S. purchasers of renewable energy credits (RECs), is putting a virtual halt to that practice. Instead, the ...
Lanxess CoGen Plant Runs on Sugar Cane Waste
A cogeneration plant at Lanxess AG's plant in Porto Feliz, Brazil, uses a gas generated from sugar cane waste to run ...
Coca-Cola Bottler Moves Forward with CHP Projects
ContourGlobal Solutions has several combined heat and power plant (CHP) projects underway for a major Coca-Cola bottler. The projects are aimed at reducing energy consumption, ...
Heat Recovery Chiller System to Save Military Hospital 27% on Energy
A military hospital in Fort Belvoir, Va., will use a heat recovery chiller system along the way to 27 percent in energy savings.
The hospital, scheduled to ...
UBC Adding 2 MW Biomass CHP Plant
The University of British Columbia is adding an on-site biomass-fueled combined heat and power (CHP) energy station at its campus.
The CHP generator serves a dual ...
Homeland Security Campus Building Cogen Plant
Aimed at increasing energy security and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has selected Honeywell and Washington Gas to jointly ...
New MO Wastewater Facility To Use 26% Less Energy
High-efficiency single stage blowers will help slash annual energy consumption 26 percent at a new $62 million wastewater treatment facility in Columbia, Mo., reports the ...
Cornell’s $82M CHP Plant to Reduce Carbon Footprint 30%
Cornell University will be able to halve its use of coal power generation when a new natural-gas combined heat and power plant officially ...
New Jersey Hospital Turns to CHP For Energy Needs
Once it is built, the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, N.J., will be among the few hospitals in the nation ...
Calpine Uses Varied Approach to Tackle Emissions
While Calpine's new combined-cycle power plant uses advanced air emissions control technology, the utility also is using mobile emissions credits gained by retrofitting older vehicles ...
CSC Targets 30% Energy Reduction
CSC, a global IT services provider, has taken steps over the past year to ensure a sustainable environment by focusing on programs such as energy reduction, ...
Brewery Flips Switch on Methane-to-Energy Plant
A heat and power project that takes methane gas created at a brewery and converts it into clean energy to run a nearby hospital ...
Coke Improving Energy Efficiency, Emissions at 15 European Plants
In the first of many energy efficiency changes to come, Coca-Cola Hellenic and ContourGlobal have opened an advanced energy-saving power plant in Romania as ...
Frito-Lay Among Adopters of Cogen Plants
Adding an on-site electricity generating system that also benefits a manufacturing or business process is becoming increasingly more attractive for major companies and other organizations.
Frito ...
Marriott-Whistler Completes Hybrid Heating System
The Residence Inn by Marriott at Whistler in British Columbia (Canada) completed its third and final installment of Sempa Power's Hybrid Heating System. The installation will help reduce GHG emissions while ...
Cogeneration System Could Save Food Service Restaurants $800/Mo
Owl Power Company has announced Vegawatt, a cogeneration system for restaurants and food service facilities. The system turns waste vegetable oil from a restaurant's deep fryer into fuel to generate on-site ...
In Queens, PepsiCo Bottles With Its Own Steam
In Queens, PepsiCo is now bottling drinks using its own steam. Last year, the company spent $2.35 million to install combined heat and power system at its bottling plant in College Point, The New York ...
