BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. — Siemens Building Technologies Inc. will build and operate two natural gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plants for Monroe New Power Inc., a not-for-profit local development corporation (LDC) in Monroe County, N.Y., that is expected to save the county approximately $2.5 million per year.
The two new CHP plants, which will generate both steam and electricity, will replace a 75-year-old coal-burning plant that currently provides steam to two of the county's largest facilities — a community college and county health campus. CHP systems use exhaust heat from the generation of electricity to produce steam for productive purposes, such as heating and cooling.