Cogeneration: News and Best Practices for Commercial and Industrial

Petrobras Signs $1bn Loan to Finance Cogeneration, Flaring Gas Reduction

October 17, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras has signed a loan of up to $1 billion to finance a cogeneration facility and other GHG-reducing efforts. The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) will pay $600 million, according to JBIC, while the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, which is co-financing the loan, will provide ... Read more »

Roko Health Clubs Installing EuroSite CHP Units

October 17, 2012March 23, 2022 by Staff Writer

Four Roko Health Club sites in the UK have contracted EuroSite power to provide on-site utility solutions. The total contract value is about $10.7 million. Under the 15-year agreement, EuroSite Power will install and operate combined heat and power (CHP) systems at each of the four health clubs. EuroSite will ... Read more »

FuelCell Energy’s 2.8 MW Biogas Plant Powers Wastewater Facility

October 16, 2012March 23, 2022 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

FuelCell Energy and Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) have brought online a 2.8 MW fuel cell power plant to provide almost all of the baseload power need of a wastewater facility in southern California. The plant converts waste biogas generated at the Regional Plant 1 Facility into electricity and heat ... Read more »

Combined Heat and Power Backgrounder

October 12, 2012September 1, 2022 by Staff Writer

At the end of 2011, there were nearly 70 gigawatts (GW) of combined heat and power (CHP) generating capacity spread across the United States, accounting for almost 7% of total U.S. capacity, with 25 GW in the industrial sector, 2 GW in the commercial sector, and 43 GW in the ... Read more »