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Trigeneration Technologies, Inc. is a new company that is presently being formed. We are strategically positioned for success in the Trigeneration marketplace. Trigeneration power plants, at up to 90% efficiency, are almost 300% more efficient at producing power than electric utility power plants. This means that Trigeneration power plants have a significantly greater return on investment and significantly fewer emissions compared to typical power plants. And, when our Trigeneration power plants are fueled with Biomethane or B100 Biodiesel, the emissions are reduced by about 95% and those that remain are "carbon neutral." We are receiving a large number of opportunities and
deal-flow for developing new Trigeneration power plants and would be interested in meeting
with potential joint venture partners who are as committed and passionate
as we are about making a difference in the world by: We are seeking joint venture participants with a goal of raising $10 million to fund the business. Prospective joint venture partners are invited to send an introductory email regarding your interests in renewable energy along with your financial abilities and expectations to: info @ cogeneration .net
"Trigeneration" at efficiencies now around 90% (as opposed to central power plants at 33% efficiency) is the simultaneous production of cooling, heating and power, in one process and the most environmentally-friendly method of generating power and energy - especially when using B100 Biodiesel or Biomethane as the fuel source. Trigeneration, when compared to (combined-cycle) cogeneration, may be up to 50% more efficient than cogeneration. When found in a hospital, university, office-campus, military base, downtown or group of office buildings, trigeneration has also been referred to as a "district energy system" or "integrated energy system" and as previously mentioned, can be dramatically more efficient and environmentally friendly than "cogeneration." A trigeneration plant, defined in non-engineering terminology, is most often described as a
cogeneration plant that has added absorption chillers - which takes the
"waste heat" a cogeneration
plant would have "wasted," and converts this "free energy" that would have been wasted by cogeneration, into useful energy in the form of chilled water.
Trigeneration has also been referred to as CHCP (combined heating, cooling and power generation), this option allows having greater operational flexibility at sites with demand for energy in the form of heating as well as cooling. This is particularly relevant in tropical countries where buildings need to be air-conditioned and many industries require process cooling. Trigeneration
is an energy and power production technology that takes cogeneration one
additional step. Cogeneration, also known as combined heat and power (CHP),
is the simultaneous production of electricity and useful heat, usually in
the form of either hot water or steam, from one primary fuel, such as
natural gas. While not necessarily defined correctly, cogeneration has
also been referred to as district energy, total energy, combined cycle and
simply cogen. Cogeneration has been mostly a technology used in the
utilities and industrial marketplace. Trigeneration,
as the name implies, refers to the simultaneous production of three useful
energies, and is defined as the
simultaneous production of heat and power, just like cogeneration, except
trigeneration takes cogeneration one step further by also producing
chilled water for air conditioning or process use with the addition of
absorption chillers that take the waste heat from a cogeneration plants to
make chilled water for cooling a building. Trigeneration has also recently been referred to; * Integrated energy systems (IES) permits
even greater operational flexibility at businesses with demand for energy
in the form of heating as well as cooling. Just as a cogeneration power
plant captures and makes use of the waste heat, absorption or adsorption
chillers capture the waste (or rejected) heat and produce chilled water. Trigeneration
energy and power systems are found in commercial applications typically
where there is a need for air conditioning or chilled water by the
customer. When a trigeneration energy and
power system is installed “onsite,” that is, where the electrical and
thermal energy is needed by the customer, so that the electrical energy
does not have to be transported hundreds of miles away, and the thermal
energy is utilized, system efficiencies can reach and surpass 90%.
Onsite trigeneration plants are
much more efficient, economically-sound and environmentally-friendly than
typical (central) power plants. Because
of this, customers have energy expenses that are significantly lower, and
the associated pollution is also much less than if the customer had an
energy system supplied with electricity from the grid, and had water
heaters and boilers systems “onsite.”
Trigeneration’s superior efficiencies surpass even the latest
“state-of-the-art” combined cycle cogeneration power plants by up to
50%. Coupled with a 4-pipe system, these businesses can produce hot
water/steam and chilled water simultaneously, for circulation throughout
the building or campus – which would be referred to as a district energy
system. And size is not an impediment, since trigeneration systems can be
installed, for example, in small commercial settings, such as restaurants,
hotels, schools, office buildings and shopping centers to large petro-chemical
plants, refineries and in a city’s downtown area, providing the energy
requirements for multiple buildings… and still remaining at system
efficiencies of 90%. “EcoGeneration”
defines the optimization of economic and ecological benefits in the
power generation process. EcoGeneration
produces huge savings for our environment through the reduction, or even
elimination of of pollution associated with power and energy production
and generation. Additionally,
ecogeneration appeals to our clients’ economic bottom-line by providing
them with significant fuel and electrical savings. Energy
technologies that fall under ecogeneration include; wind, solar,
geothermal, hydrogen fuel, hydrogen fuel cells, soybean diesel fuels,
ocean/tidal power, waste to energy/waste to fuel and waste to watts,
combined cycle, district energy, cogeneration, trigeneration and even
quadgeneration power plants. There
are two major ecogeneration initiatives and technologies we will discuss
in greater length in this article; cogeneration and and a newer
technology, “trigeneration.” Trigeneration, is one of the most
attractive options which is even more efficient and economically rewarding
than its cousin, cogeneration. History
of 120 Year-Old Cogeneration Technology Leads the Way to a Brighter Future
for Trigeneration and Even Quadgeneration Technologies Many people know that Thomas
Edison built the first commercial power plant.
However, most people do not know that Because
cogeneration
and
trigeneration continues to be the most efficient method of generating
electrical and thermal energy, in terms of energy output, the Department
of Energy has called for the doubling of electrical power generated from
cogeneration power plants – from the existing 46 GW (one gigawatt =
1,000 MW) to 92 GW by the year 2010. When this goal is reached,
cogeneration will represent about 14% of the total And the historical basis and
success of cogeneration, has been the foundational basis for expanding the
efficiencies of cogeneration to trigeneration and even
quadgeneration –
with each new increase in energies recovered resulting in higher
efficiencies and lower fuel/energy costs and fewer related emissions. President George W.
Bush’s National Energy Plan In the A
family of technologies known as combined heat and power (CHP) can achieve
efficiencies of 80% or more. In
addition to environmental benefits, cogeneration projects offer efficiency
and cost savings in a variety of settings, including industrial boilers,
energy systems, and small, building scale applications.
At industrial facilities alone, there is potential for an
additional 124,000 MW of efficient power from gas-fired cogeneration,
which could result in annual emissions reductions of 614,000 tons of Nox
emissions and 44 million tos of carbon equivalent.
Cogeneration is also one of a group of clean, highly reliable,
distributed energy technologies that reduce the amount of electricity lost
in transmission while eliminating the need to construct expensive power
lines to transmit power from large central power plants.” President Bush’s National
Energy Plan includes: -
Promotion of cogeneration
through flexible environmental permitting. -
Issuing of guidelines to
encourage development of highly efficient and -
Greater promotion of
cogeneration at abandoned brownfield industrial and Pollution Associated with
Inefficient Power Plants Currently, power plants in the
U.S. have been cited for producing two-thirds of its’ annual sulfur
dioxide emissions, one-quarter of the nitrogen oxide emissions, one-third
of mercury emissions, and one-third of carbon dioxide emissions.
These resulting pollutants produce serious environmental and health
consequences, including: -
Increased sick days in
areas with high urban smog levels. -
Lung problems in the young
and old, including increased rates of asthma -
Global climate change. -
Urban haze and smog. -
Acid rain. -
Acidification of lakes,
streams, rivers and oceans. -
Dead, and dying lakes,
stream, rivers and wildlife in and near these areas. “Curing” the problems
associated with inefficient electrical power generation begins with
pollution prevention. The choices are clear, we must stop wasting energy
and start increasing the efficiency of power generation facilities.
Instead of building inefficient, wasteful, pollution-generating
“central” power plants owned by utility companies, where the thermal
energy is “wasted,” we need to start building efficient, onsite power
plants where the heat energy can be utilized. These onsite cogeneration,
trigeneration and quadgeneration power and energy systems are also
referred to as “distributed generation” or “distributed energy”
technologies. They can be installed easily, affordably and they operate
economically throughout their life-cycle. EPA
understands that resolving these problems must start with pollution
prevention, which equates to using fewer energy resources to produce goods
and services. The National Energy Plan includes four specific
recommendations to promote CHP, three of which were directed to EPA for
action: ·
promotion of CHP through
flexible environmental permitting. ·
issuing of guidance to
encourage development of highly efficient and low- emitting CHP through
shortened lead times and greater certaint.y ·
promotion of the use of CHP
at abandoned brownfield industrial or commercial sites. As a
follow-up to those recommendations, EPA joined with 18 Fortune 500
companies, city and state governments, and non-profit organizations in
February 2002 in Clean, Onsite Power and
Energy Systems for “Distributed generation”
locates smaller and more efficient power plants where the power and
thermal energy is actually needed. These
onsite power systems are also called “inside the fence” power systems
and are designed and engineered to maximize the customer’s power and
energy requirements. Companies such as EcoGeneration
Solutions, LLC (EGS) provide its’ customers turnkey, optimized energy
solutions – starting with a comprehensive engineering nd feasibility
study. This helps determine
the optimum-sized power system
based on their energy requirements, location, energy consumption patterns,
and local electric rates. For some clients, EGS offers an energy solution wherein EGS will make the investment, with litle to no investment from the client. These customers are first qualified and then EGS will design, build, own and operate the trigeneration system for their clients. According to Monty Goodell, EGS’ President & CEO, “we become the clean-green onsite utility company for our clients." Adding, "as a company that is focused solely on the optimum power and energy solution, we must be equipment and vendor-neutral. We are seeking the optimum power and energy system solution for our customers if we are the developer, as well as our company if we build/own/operate and maintain the trigeneration system." EGS' turnkey trigeneration system development includes; preliminary engineering review, engineering study, permitting, project financing or investment, construction, operations and maintenance. For most clients, EGS saves them an immediate 10% off of their existing energy expenses if EGS owns and operates the new trigeneration power and energy system.
"When our client does not have the capital or budget to make the
investment in an onsite co/tri/quadgeneration system, and if they qualify,
we come and determine an optimized solution, and when our client and EGS
agree on the terms, we offer our Power Purchase Agreement, and it’s a
truly “win-win” situation for some of our clients. Mr Goodell
continues, “of course, this situation is one of the options available
for our clients, and fits our business model, but not all of our
client’s opt for this option. Most
of our client’s are quite sophisticated in terms of being able to run
these onsite power systems. Many
are choosing to maximize on their savings by purchasing and operating the
systems we offer them.” The
Energy Information (EIA) Administration of the Department of Energy
recently sponsored a study to estimate the potential for new trigeneration
power and energy systems in the “Even
‘quadgeneration’ is a possibility,” according to Mr. Goodell,
“taking even trigeneration one further step,
quadgeneration
produces 4
energies from one process. By
extracting most of the available heat from the power/energy
generation process, end-users obtain the most efficient, optimized energy
system.” But the efficiency gains are wasted if the recovered waste heat
is not put to work or the existing boilers or water heaters
displaced, reduced or eliminate entirely. This is why it is
absolutely critical that a thorough and complete feasibility is critical
in the determination of a properly sized onsite energy system, and that
outdated systems are either eliminated,
compensated for or integrated into the new energy system. It should
go without saying, but if the facility that installs a trigeneration or
quadgeneration
system does not replace or reduce other systems, there can
be a net loss of efficiency. If
the facility does not offset the net efficiency gains of the new
trigeneration system by reducing, displacing or eliminating the existing
water heaters/boilers load, then the facility will not have an
“optimized” installation and therefore will not profit to the extent
they could have had the feasibility and design studies been properly
conducted.
Trigeneration and even
QuadGeneration Takes the Lead More onsite energy/power systems in
Schematic
Presentation of a Gas Turbine Based QUADGENERATION Facility While cooling can be provided by electric-driven compression chillers,
low quality heat (i.e. low temperature, low pressure) that is not used by
the cogeneration power plant, can be used to drive the absorption or
adsorption chillers so that the overall primary energy consumption is
reduced. Trigeneration power plants with absorption and/or adsorption chillers
have gained widespread acceptance due to their capability of not only
integrating with cogeneration systems but also because they can operate
with industrial waste heat streams that can be fairly substantial. The
benefit of power generation and absorption or adsorption cooling can be
realized through the following example that compares it with a power
generation system with conventional electric-driven compression systems. Trigeneration’s Assume in this example a factory needs 1 MW of electricity and 500
refrigeration tons (RT) (Definition: A
refrigeration ton (RT) is defined as the transfer of heat at the rate of
3.52 kW, which is roughly the rate of cooling obtained by melting ice at
the rate of one ton per day). Let us first consider the gas turbine that generates electricity
required for the processes as well as the conventional electric-driven
compression chiller. With an electricity demand of 0.65 kW/RT, the
compression chiller needs 325 kW of electricity to obtain 500 RT of
cooling. Therefore, a total of
1325 kW of electricity must be provided to this factory. If the gas
turbine efficiency has an efficiency of 30 per cent, primary energy
consumption would be 4417 kW.
However, a trigeneration system (with absorption or adsorption chillers
– by definition) can provide the same energy service (power and cooling)
by consuming only 3,333 kW of primary energy. See below:
In this example, the trigeneration power plant saves about 24.54%
of the “primary energy” in this case as opposed to the
cogeneration power plant with electric-driven compression chillers.
Since many industries and commercial buildings in tropical
countries need combined power and heating/cooling, the cogeneration
systems with absorption cooling have very high potentials for industrial
and commercial application. When compared to "combined-cycle" cogeneration,
trigeneration can be up to 50%
more efficient than cogeneration, further reducing operating costs, fuel
expenses and environmental pollutants. Trigeneration systems for
commercial buildings are very profitable investments for the building
owners. A new trigeneration
system might pay for itself in as little as 2 years, depending on local
electric rates, natural gas (or other fuel) costs, and the load profile of
the building. Trigeneration
systems help not only the building owners, but also benefit society in
many ways, including: ·
increased power reliability
·
reduced power requirements
on the electric grid ·
improved environmental
quality ·
reduced energy consumption
·
reduced dependence on
foreign oil The
onsite trigeneration system can be economically attractive for many types
of buildings and businesses, including, but not limited to the following:
Hospitals
Colleges & universities Schools
Office buildings Shopping centers
Government facilities Data Centers
Server farms Nursing homes
Hotels Supermarkets
Refrigerated Warehouses Retail stores
Restaurants Theatres
Ice skating Airports
Resorts Golf/country clubs
Manufacturing Casinos
Resorts Facilities
with trigeneration systems use them to produce their own electricity, and
use the unused excess (waste) heat for process steam, water heating, space
heating, air-conditioning, and other thermal needs. Trigeneration and
quadgeneration systems are so energy efficient and profitable that ROI’s
of 8 months to 36 months are achievable. Mr. Goodell adds, “because
every situation is unique, a feasibility study is an absolute requirement
before just ordering any trigeneration system, as there are so many
different manufacturers, not to mention the externalities, and
internalities that need to be examined and reviewed to find an optimized
energy solution.” The following is from the
Buildings, Cooling, Heating and Power website www.bchp.org; “Energy
is the most significant driving force of our economy. All buildings need
electric power for lighting and operating equipment and appliances. One of
the major consumers of energy in buildings is the equipment for space
conditioning. Most commercial and institutional buildings for businesses,
education, and healthcare require space conditioning for cooling, heating,
and/or humidity control.” Since the 1930’s approximately two-thirds of all the fuel used to
make electricity in the From the Buildings, Cooling, Heating & Power website at www.bchp.org;
“Integrated systems for cooling, heating and power (CHP) systems
significantly increase efficiency of energy utilization, up to 85%, by
using thermal energy from power generation equipment for cooling, heating
and humidity control systems. These systems are located at or near the
building using power and space conditioning, and can save about 40% of the
input energy required by conventional systems. In other words,
conventional systems require 65% more energy than the integrated systems,
as shown in the above diagram. Commercial buildings, college campuses, hospital complexes, and
government facilities are good candidates for benefiting from integrated
systems for CHP for buildings.” Improved Power Reliability Economic losses due to power outages in the
Power outages and rolling blackouts are occurring more frequently.
And they are no longer isolated to Improved Efficiencies
Equals Improved Environmental Quality and Trigeneration has also recently been linked to “sustainable energy” as it improves the efficiency of energy utilization to as much as 90% and more, compared to that of about 25% to 35% for central power plants, to as much as 55% for combined-cycle power plants, which is also another form of cogeneration, depending on the specific system. But when primary fuel (natural gas) expenses reach the $5 - $6.00/mmbtu range, even the most efficient combined cycle power plants cannot compete with coal. This is another reason why onsite trigeneration systems high system efficiencies are a profitable solution for business and industry, as 2-3 year ROI’s are still possible with trigeneration, even when natural gas costs are in excess of $6/mmbtu. Because the overall increased system efficiency of energy utilization,
with trigeneration, decreases the amount of fossil fuel consumed per unit
of energy used – this leads to significant reductions in air emissions
by 40% to 70% and more, depending on the systems, compared to conventional
centralized power plants. Also of increasing interest, is the relationship of indoor air quality
to our health. In order to prevent the growth of mold, mildew and
bacteria, it is important to keep humidity in the indoor air to below 60%.
Trigeneration used in buildings improves indoor air quality by supporting
the use of a desiccant dehumidification system to dry the air. Desiccant
systems use a material that directly removes the moisture from the air
then use heat, such as that provided by the exhaust gases of the power
generation equipment in the CHP system, to regenerate the desiccant. This
provides a very energy efficient and cost effective method of
dehumidifying indoor air, rather that using an air conditioner to
"over cool" the air to remove humidity. Reduced Energy Consumption
As discussed above, trigeneration systems for buildings increases the
overall efficiency of energy utilization to 90% and more. Therefore, the
use of these systems reduces the consumption of fossil fuels, for a unit
of energy required for a building, by about 40% of that used by
conventional systems. In other words, conventional systems require 65%
more energy than the integrated systems.
This is important for prolonging the period of availability of our
scarce fossil fuel resources (natural gas, oil and coal) and reducing our
dependence on imported fuel and on nuclear energy.” Past History and Success of
Cogeneration Leading to
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Since cogeneration plants generate power on-site or near-site, these systems improve power reliability by either reducing or eliminating a building's dependence on the electric power grid, and by providing an additional power option to the building. Also, because cogeneration plants are located at or near buildings, power outages experienced because of losing a distribution line are improbable.
The higher the number of buildings that use onsite cogeneration or trigeneration power plants, the lower the demand on the electric grid will be. In areas where the grid is at or near capacity, the reduced demand provided by CHP will result in increased grid reliability.
Why Partner with Us?
EcoGeneration Solutions, LLC. (EGS) will consider buying your facility’s existing energy/power
plant which enables your company to free-up "tied-up" capital by
owning a capital asset that produces no revenues for your company? Aren’t there better investments your company can
make to generate revenues?
When EGS buys your existing power/energy plant, you can use this capital
to generate real revenues for your company! After EGS acquires your company’s existing power/thermal/energy plant (district energy system, chilled water plant or thermal power plant),
you are able to use our capital to make investments into your company that
make better economic sense - and lead to new revenues from revenue producing
assets - instead of a non-revenue producing asset. We may make additional investments
in the newly acquired EGS power/energy system - that makes it even more efficient by
our adding additional capacity. EGS will oversee the financing, design, engineering, project management, building and refurbishing of the power/energy plant.
We also offer other partnerships that include solutions that best
fit your requirements. Other EGS onsite
power generation services include; back-up power, peak shaving, load-following,
demand side management, energy
performance contracting, energy-efficient-lighting, absorption
chillers, and engine-driven-chillers.
Our customers can expect electric power and thermal energy (hot water, steam and chilled
water for air-conditioning) costs to be about 50% less than their current expenses (depends on location, energy and power uses,
time of use and existing energy natural gas costs). Our clean power and energy systems provide the opportunity for our customers to select interruptible rates and/or reduce
electric expenses through peak shaving. The most expensive times for buying electricity is during peak demand periods which are typically during the normal work day hours of 8-5, but depend on the electric utility provider.
For our qualified customers, we will build, own and operate at no cost and zero investment, increase your power reliability
factor and still reduce your energy expenses. We also offer 5, 10, 15
or 20 year lease-purchase agreements, power purchase
agreements and other incentives that permit our customers to own the power and energy system at the conclusion of the
lease or power purchase agreement.
For our utility clients that do not want to invest in central power plants, we offer
standardized power plants that can be placed at strategic locations on your grid, such as substations or at other locations such as your large industrial client's properties.
All of our clean power plants and energy systems feature:
* Fully automatic power/energy systems
* Black-start capabilities
* Island mode operation
* Load following
* Remote control and monitoring
* All operations and maintenance provided
* Stand-by power and emergency back-up
* Automatic start/stop
* Engineered "peaking" power plants for electric utility substation installation
* Interconnection engineering and design
What is cogeneration? Cogeneration, also known as "combined heat and power" or CHP, is the simultaneous production of power and thermal energy from one fuel input. Cogeneration captures the "waste heat" that is lost in typical electric power plants. Once this "free" heat is captured, a cogeneration plant converts this into useful energy such as steam or hot water.
Cogeneration is much more effective, and efficient method for generation power and useful energy, compared with non-cogeneration plants. And, trigeneration is up to 50% more efficient than cogeneration! Trigeneration, at around 90% system efficiency is the most efficient, economic, and environmentally-friendly method to produce electric power and thermal energy (cooling, heating and power). A cogeneration system's efficiency can reach 60%-80%. And taking cogeneration one step further with "trigeneration" - trigeneration is up to 50% more efficient than typical cogeneration, often reaching 90% system efficiencies. With cogeneration system efficiencies reaching 80%, a cogeneration system provides huge savings in fuel and electricity costs.
Cogeneration is the "cooler, cleaner, greener" way to make power on-site, where it's needed. Cogeneration helps our environment as there are substantially fewer emissions that cause pollution - such as nitrogen oxides (NOx) and carbon dioxide when compared with typical power plants. Typical power plants waste up to 75% of the original fuel through heat loss, line transmission losses and other inefficiencies. Your electric utility's power plant efficiency is, at best - only 30% - 35% - and then they have the added line losses, and inefficiencies of transmitting the power from their power plant, to your facility - losing another 5% - 10% along the way. Who ultimately pays for these inefficiencies and line losses?
EcoGeneration - "the" ecological and economic way to generate cleaner, greener power and energy for your business. EcoGeneration produces huge savings for our ecology, through the reduction, and sometimes complete elimination of the pollution typically associated with power generation, as well as our clients' economic bottom-line, through savings as much as 90% decrease in fuel expenses.
New cogeneration and trigeneration power plants are eligible for a 30% cash rebate in California. Click here to find out more.
Like most of
the people and companies we visit, just one
intermittent
power interruption can cost thousands of dollars. That's why more and more businesses are seeking ways to become energy
reliant and independent by providing their own onsite power.
Cogeneration's Time Has Come!
Cogeneration is proven
technology - not the latest energy industry buzz-word. Cogeneration
power plants have been around for over 100 years. Few people realize the
very first power plant was a cogeneration plant designed and built by Thomas Edison
in New York in 1882! With the countless numbers of cogeneration
success stories, from around the world, it's no wonder "cogeneration
is now on-line for a global power surge."
And,
trigeneration
can be up to 50% more efficient than cogeneration!
Trigeneration provides four (4) different types of energy for the price of one! With a
trigeneration power plant, you make electricity, hot water and/or steam,
AND chilled water, with only one fuel input and combustion process.
The easiest way to explain trigeneration is that you start
with a cogeneration power plant and add additional equipment that takes
the waste heat from a cogeneration plant to make chilled
water for air conditioning or process uses. Trigeneration is also known as
"Integrated Energy Systems," "Buildings, Cooling, Heating
and Power." "Cooling, Heating and Power for Buildings," and
"Combined Cooling Heating and Power."
More information on trigeneration can be found in the
following article on our website:
What
Comes After Cogeneration?
An investment in a new cogeneration or trigeneration system can be very profitable. A cogeneration power plant can pay for itself in about three years, maybe less, through its' overall system efficiency which means substantial fuel and electricity savings for you. You may be wondering how much money a new cogeneration power plant can save you? Call or e-mail us to find out.
Wondering how much it costs
to operate and maintain your own onsite cogeneration or trigeneration
power and energy system? Find
out here
Many companies are finding cogeneration to be a very popular
choice, not only for their shareholders, since cogeneration saves their
company much-needed capital through energy savings, but also
from a public relations viewpoint since cogeneration is a cooler, cleaner, greener
way to provide their company's onsite energy requirements. Mission critical
companies - those who cannot afford ANY power interruptions - whose
lifeblood depends on their power and energy supplies - companies such as data centers,
server farms, customer support, call centers and hi-tech - new
economy companies, are calling us to help them design Six-9's ( 9999.99% on-line power reliability)
power systems and UPS (uninterruptible
power supply) systems with cogeneration or trigeneration systems.
The Sierra
Club supports cogeneration, also referred to as combined heat & power (CHP) and
trigeneration. The
Environmental
Protection Agency (E.P.A.) is promoting the use of cogeneration with
new rules to encourage more power production through cogeneration. Proposed legislation now in the
U.S.
Congress supports more cogeneration power plants. Tax credits and/or
accelerated depreciation are being considered for new cogeneration
facilities.
According to a study by the Department of Energy and the Energy
Information Administration, cogeneration & trigeneration power plants are
going to play a significant role in helping meet the strict emissions
requirements of the Kyoto Protocol - that calls for dramatically reduced carbon
dioxide emissions from power plants - which has been associated with global warming
and climate change.
Read their report here
Commercial businesses that now profit from
cogeneration or trigeneration power plants include restaurants, hospitals, universities (see our listing of
colleges and universities), hotels, shopping centers/malls, office
buildings, nursing homes, green houses and resorts. Industrial businesses that
have long-profited from cogeneration and trigeneration include manufacturing, paper
and pulp, oil and gas, petro-chemical, agricultural, plastics and steel. Leading businesses are learning that
cogeneration or trigeneration power provides a competitive advantage and a
win-win investment for their customers, neighbors, employees, shareholders
and our environment.
To remain competitive and
successful in today's global economy, companies are taking control of
their own destinies by becoming energy self-reliant and cutting the cord to
their "local" electric company by making their own power with on-site,
"inside the fence" cogeneration and trigeneration systems.
Some businesses are electing NOT TO
CONNECT to the local electric utility for their new facilities.
We also provide temporary, back-up and emergency power generators 24/7/365. For permanent power, our cogeneration, trigeneration, and even quadgeneration experience is unsurpassed. Our expertise is an asset to your company's needs in today's rapidly-changing world of black-outs, power shortages, and deregulation. With the present uncertainties of power reliability and deregulation of the electric industry, more and more businesses are seeking ways to become energy independent by providing their own onsite power generation. Few companies are better positioned to provide the cogeneration and trigeneration solutions your business needs than EcoGeneration Solutions. We are a full-service provider of energy engineering solutions. Our engineer's experience include power and thermal engineering (design, build, retrofit/upgrade, outsource) for power projects from under 1 megawatt to well over 50 MW. The question now is, can your company NOT afford a more efficient, reliable, environmentally-friendly, and profitable method to produce your on-site power?
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