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CHP Savings and Sustainability
CHP Savings and Sustainability

Cogen Cost Savings and Sustainability

Cogeneration, also known as combined heat and power (CHP), can help you achieve your goals of reducing or negating carbon emissions. Cogeneration runs more efficiently and, as a result, can generate 50% less carbon emissions than conventional electricity generation while at the same time reducing your electricity rates!

Where grid electricity and natural gas boilers often offer less than 50% efficiency, combining them in into a single application can provide efficiencies up to 90%. CHP plants with gas engines represent the most efficient and environmentally sound approach to generating electricity and heat. Additional benefits of CHP include:

  • Financial gains. With cogeneration, the generator is supplying all power to your facility, so you no longer need to purchase power from the grid. CHP installations can often pay for themselves within three to five years, and after they're paid off, they generate profit. 
  • Critical backup power. CHP applications can run on island mode, providing critical backup power when the grid goes down. In some cases, these can be more reliable than standard diesel backup units during natural disasters when diesel can be hard to find. 
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It's more than a financial solution

Based in New Brunswick, N.J., Saint Peter’s University Hospital is a nonprofit acute care hospital providing a full scope of adult medical and surgical services. The Children’s Hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital offers a full range of specialized pediatric healthcare services for newborns and children. 

Three years ago, the hospital doubled down on its commitment to energy efficiency when it began the installation of a 2 MW combined heat and power (CHP) plant, powered by a Cat® G3516H generator set fueled by natural gas.

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CHP as a Climate Change Solution

The CHP Alliance is the leading national voice for the deployment of CHP. Read what they have to say in their newest white paper, Combined Heat and Power and a Changing Climate: Reducing Emissions and Improving Resilience. 

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CHP as a Climate Change Solution
CHP as a Climate Change Solution

Sustainability at the Core

Brock University reduced their nitrogen oxide emissions by 95% and carbon monoxide by 93% compared to their previous energy plant with a new cogeneration system powered by highly efficient Cat G3516H generator sets. The new plant provides 100% of campus energy demand and can operate on island mode to protect their facilities during power outages or severe weather.

See what Brock University and other Cat Electric Power customers have to say about cogen systems from Caterpillar.

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Brock University
Brock University