SoCalGas Demonstrates Solar Cogeneration for Solar Cooling
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Cogenra Solar®, a provider of solar cogeneration systems and renewable energy service solutions, has announced a solar cogeneration project at Southern California Gas Company’s (SoCalGas) Energy Resource Center (ERC). SoCalGas will be the first utility in the United States to use Cogenra’s solar cogeneration solution and its solar cooling application and launches Cogenra into the solar cooling market.
According to Cogenra, until now solar cogeneration applications included solar hot water, space heating, and electricity; the SoCalGas’ solar cooling application demonstrates solar cogeneration’s versatility in also addressing cooling needs. Instead of using electricity to run mechanical chillers, SoCalGas’ demonstration project captures and stores the heat generated by solar cogeneration to power one of the Energy Resource Center’s absorption chillers and support the building’s air conditioning system on-demand.