Articles Tagged with ''CHP (Combined Heat and Power)''

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced that the Jacobs-designed cogeneration plant at Texas A&M University was recognized with a 2013 Energy Star® Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The University of Missouri (MU) in Columbia, Mo. is being commended for its commitment to energy reduction and sustainability through the installation of a new biomass boiler. 

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will present a live webcast titled “CHP: Enabling Resilient Energy Infrastructure” on Wednesday, April 3, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced $20 million in funding to support combined heat and power (CHP) projects that will provide continuous on-site power and heat during grid power outages. These projects are in support of recommendations made by the governor’s NYS 2100 Commission in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. 

Veolia Energy North America has announced the installation and commissioning of two new, natural gas-fired, rapid-response boilers, as part of the company’s recently extended steam supply agreement with the University of Pennsylvania (Penn).

The University of Missouri (MU) in Columbia, Mo., is being commended for its commitment to energy reduction and sustainability through the installation of a new biomass boiler. The university completed a $75 million project to install a new 100 percent biomass-fired boiler, which is expected to reduce fossil fuel use by 25 percent.

Tecogen Inc. announced that it has signed a contract with the Brevoort East, a luxury 323 unit high-rise co-op in Greenwich Village, N.Y., to provide a turnkey Tecogen combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) system. The system will deliver electricity, space heating, domestic hot water, and air conditioning to the building’s common areas.

Annual installations of combined heat and power (CHP) systems for commercial buildings were projected to reach nearly 39 gigawatts (GW) in 2012. According to a report from Pike Research, a part of Navigant’s Energy Practice, that number is forecast to more than double by 2022, reaching 79.5 GW.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized adjustments to Clean Air Act standards for boilers and certain solid waste incinerators.The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has now announced that it will offer technical assistance to affected facilities currently burning coal or oil.

Annual shipments of fuel cell systems will grow rapidly over the next five years, from less than 29,000 in 2012 to more than 600,000 by 2017, according to a report from Pike Research. The market value of the fuel cell industry is expected to reach $15.7 billion by 2017.