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

Two new systems from American DG (Mar 19, 2010)

19 March 2010 - Saint Elizabeth Home Gets New Energy System Without Capital and Financing

Us-based small-scale CHP system supplier and operator American DG Energy has installed two new systems under its no-capital ‘on-site utility’ concept

California hydrogen fuelling station to incorporate fuel cell (Mar 19, 2010)

19 March 2010 - A new hydrogen fuelling station planned to be built by Air Products in Fountain Valley, California, is to incorporate FuelCell Energy's ‘DFC-H2’ fuel cell technology to produce clean on-site power and heat – and renewable hydrogen.

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.

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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