Cogeneration & On-site Power Production: News covering distrubuted power generation including combined heat and power or cogeneration technologies; combined chill, heat and power

400 kW fuel cell certified to California standards (Mar 11, 2010)

11 March 2010 - UTC Power has announced that its new 400 kW fuel cell system, the ‘PureCell’ Model 400, has been certified to meet the latest emission standards of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the strictest in the United States.

Emissions monitor for engines, turbines (Mar 11, 2010)

11 March 2010 - UK-based measurement technology specialist Testo AG has introduced a 4-gas emissions analyser, enabling efficiency and pollution measurements to be taken on burners or engine generator sets.

Steam flow meter for campus district energy systems (Mar 11, 2010)

11 March 2010 - A new steam flow measurement device from US-based McCrometer is said to be ideal for campus district energy facilities and eliminates many of the common equipment layout problems associated with steam processes in HVAC and cogeneration systems.

New Cat gas generator set for distributed generation and CHP (Mar 11, 2010)

11 March 2010 - Caterpillar has launched a new gas-fuelled generator set designed for maximum efficiency in extended duty distributed generation and CHP applications.

Geothermal district energy for Madrid? (Mar 11, 2010)

11 March 2010 - Australian geothermal company Petratherm has signed an agreement with the Madrid Regional and Spanish governments to progress an 8 MW Madrid Geothermal District Heating (GDH) project.

France loans China 120 million euros to improve energy efficiency (Mar 16, 2010)
France loans China 120 million euros to improve energy efficiency

DOE Selects NRG for Carbon Capture Demonstration Project in Texas (Mar 17, 2010)
NRG Energy reported that it has been selected by the United States Department of Energy to receive up to $154 million, including funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to build a post-combustion carbon capture demonstration unit at NRG's WA Parish plant southwest of Houston.

Virginia Power to upgrade 13 plants (Mar 17, 2010)
Mar. 17--Virginia is virtually getting a power plant that doesn't use any fuel, thanks to Dominion Virginia Power.

U.S. Department of Energy Selects Lockheed Martin to Advance Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Utility Power Plans (Mar 17, 2010)
MANASSAS, Va., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Energy recently selected Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to receive two grants totaling $1 million to advance the technology commercialization of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC).

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