Concerned About Power Outages, High Electricity Prices, And Climate Change?

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The cogeneration system at this prestigious presidential library and Air Force One Pavilion in Simi Valley, California, generates 960kW of electric power, and the microturbine exhaust drives absorption chillers that provide 387 tons of air conditioning. Efficient Use of Fuel Reduced Emissions Reduced Greenhouse Gas/CO2 Reduced Generation Costs Support to the Utility Grid Power Reliability CAPSTONE APPLICATIONS Combined Heat & Power (CHP) and Combined Cooling, Heating & Power (CCHP) Capstone turbines generate electrical power and usable exhaust heat which can provide hot water, or drive an absorption chiller for air conditioning, among other uses. Clean, efficient DG offers a variety of societal and customer benefits. By recycling the waste heat from the electric generation process, efficiencies in excess of 80 percent are possible. A Capstone turbine CHP or CCHP system provides a tremendous reduction in NOx emissions compared with traditional sources of electrical and heat energy. Capstone CHP or CCHP solutions also significantly reduce CO2 emissions compared to traditional systems. A well-designed project can reduce total utility bills up to 20 percent. Capstone microturbines provide consistent output without fluctuations and are UL1741 certified, allowing interconnection with the utility grid. Secure Power Another important customer benefit of using clean, efficient DG is secure power for critical facility loads. The result is that traditional backup diesel generators may not be needed, eliminating them as a source of even greater exhaust emissions. Customer loads managed in this way help the utility during imminent power failure conditions occurring in peak demand periods (like hot summer afternoons). As the utility grid begins to lose frequency control with excessive demand, the facility loads can be switched off of the utility grid, and electric and heat energy are sustained by the microturbines. Thus, the utility sees a decreased load during these difficult times, and the customer can continue to power their facility in case the utility grid fails. C65 and C65 ICHP Microturbines The C65 provides up to 65kW of power and the C65 ICHP provides up to 65kW of power and 150kW of heat for CHP applications.

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