A major hospital that treats critically ill patients cannot afford power failures. Facing intermittent power problems — and needing to replace old boilers — the 536-bed University of Illinois Hospital installed a 24 MWe cogeneration system for its campus in Chicago. Powered by three Taurus 70 natural gas turbine generator sets, the system fulfills … [Read more...]
Project Profile: Princeton Healthcare System Builds in Cost-Effective Energy Reliability
October 5, 2015 By
The Opportunity When the Princeton Healthcare System first envisioned building a new 630,000-square-foot acute-care hospital with 237 single-patient rooms in Plainsboro, New Jersey, plans called for a conventional HVAC system to address the facility’s requirements. Because of stringent patient-care needs, hospitals traditionally insist on two … [Read more...]
Industrial Energy Efficiency Bill Gets Key Business Backing
June 15, 2015 By
A bill before Congress would make industrial energy efficiency -- including combined heat and power -- eligible for federal investment tax credits. Phyllis Cuttino, of The Pew Charitable Trusts, explains the legislation's importance. It is often said that efficiency is the first and cheapest fuel. Yet highly efficient, cogeneration technologies, … [Read more...]
Connecticut to Take Deeper Look at Microgrids; Plans New CHP Incentives
December 12, 2014 By
You might say the honeymoon is over and the real work of developing microgrids has begun in Connecticut. The state described some of the microgrid challenges ahead within a draft integrated resource plan released this week. Issued every two years, the plan maps energy strategy for the next decade with an eye toward electricity costs, supply, … [Read more...]
How Should We Define Microgrids? As Energy Efficiency or Some other Animal?
November 3, 2014 By
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy does not consider microgrids when it ranks states each year on energy efficiency polices. Microgrids would benefit from being included. State leaders exhibit quite a bit of pride in a high ranking on the scorecard; it’s a good motivational tool to encourage effective energy efficiency policy and … [Read more...]
Ontario Seeks CHP; Readies for Energy Storage RFP
November 2, 2014 By
The Ontario Power Authority is accepting applications for up to 100 MW of combined heat and power projects, beginning November 3 and running through December 19. Ontario seeks CHP under what is known as its Combined Heat and Power Standard Offer Program 2.0, CHPSOP 2.0. It will allot contracts for up to 75 MW of CHP for the agricultural industry … [Read more...]
New Report Now Available on the Energy Efficient Microgrid
November 2, 2014 By
Here we introduce, The Energy Efficient Microgrid: What Combined Heat & Power and District Energy Bring to the Microgrid Revolution, the latest in our Think Microgrid series. A kind of collective ‘ah ha’ is driving North America toward a more distributed grid, what some call local energy. Businesses, industrial facilities, institutions and … [Read more...]
