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Combined Heat and Power (CHP)/Cogeneration for Disaster Preparedness, Business Continuity and Community Sustainability in New York State

The New York State Office of Emergency Management is partnering with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and its technical contractors, Energetics Incorporated, ICF International, and Pace Energy and Climate Center, to provide technical assistance and information on combined heat and power (CHP)/cogeneration for emergency managers in New York State.

CHP/cogeneration is used to generate energy and electricity at a building or facility - produced and used on site. CHP/cogeneration runs - and saves money - every day, and is more reliable in an emergency than a system that only runs when needed. CHP/Cogeneration supports Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, and Community Sustainability - it is a proven technology and is being used in multi-family, business facilities, industrial plants, and schools and hospitals throughout New York. CHP/Cogeneration is already installed at over 400 sites. Technical and financial assistance is available from the Northeast Clean Energy Application Center (NE CEAC), from NYSERDA and from your local utility.

What is Combined Heat and Power (CHP)/Cogeneration

CHP/cogeneration is the sequential generation of electric and thermal energy from a common energy source. CHP systems recover heat that normally would be wasted in an electricity generator, and save the fuel that would otherwise be used to produce heat or steam in a separate unit. Higher efficiency translates to lower operating cost and emissions reduction of all pollutants, including CO2, NOX and SO2.

CHP can also increasepower reliability and enhance power quality while helping to reduce grid congestion. For more details on what CHP/cogeneration is, view the U.S. Department of Energy's Frequently Asked Questions page.

Why CHP/Cogeneration for Disaster Preparedness, Business Continuity, and Community Sustainability?

A system that runs (and saves money) every day is more reliable in an emergency than a system that only runs when you need it. To help ensure that critical facilities are kept running when the grid is impaired, CHP/cogeneration can be installed in many of the following critical facilities:

  • Wastewater treatment plants
  • Public safety - 911 centers, jails/prisons, Fire/EMS
  • Transportation centers (airports)
  • Facilities of refuge
  • College campuses, high schools, Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) buildings
  • Hotels with kitchens, laundries, conference centers
  • Food distribution including cold storage and supermarkets
  • Communications/data centers

CHP/cogeneration is already installed in many such critical facilities. New York State is a CHP/ cogeneration leader, with 434 sites in New York State with CHP systems, totaling 5,885 MW of capacity (as of December 2010).

What Technical Assistance is Available to Help Determine If CHP/Cogeneration Works for my Building/Facility?

Technical assistance is available from the Northeast Clean Energy Application Center. The Center performs no-cost feasibility studies for CHP/cogeneration, district energy, and waste-heat recovery projects in New York, as well as education and outreach for building and facility owners and operators, municipal government, other stake holders.

What Type of Financial Help is Available?

If you purchase your power from one of the following utilities: NYSEG, Con Edison, Orange & Rockland, National Grid, Central Hudson, or Rochester Gas & Electric (RGE), you are most likely eligible for potential New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) incentives and federal tax and depreciation credits.

Additional information is available in the NYSERDA CHP Handbook.

If you purchase your power from the New York Power Authority (NYPA), you may qualify for the Energy Efficiency Loan Program or CHP Investment (including turnkey projects).

Federal assistance includes:

Where can I find more information on CHP Cogeneration?

A half-day workshop on CHP and clean distributed generation (DG) for critical infrastructure resiliency in New York  was held on Friday, April 15, 2011, at Consolidated Edison (ConEd) headquarters. This workshop was co-sponsored by the U.S. DOE Northeast Clean Energy Application Center (NE RAC), the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), Pace Climate and Energy Center, the New York State Office of Emergency Management (OEM), Energetics Incorporated, and ICF International.

The focus of the workshop was on how CHP and clean DG support disaster recovery, business continuity, and community sustainability. The workshop included presentations on CHP and DG and success stories from a hospital/health care facility, university, and wastewater treatment facilities in New York City, three sectors in which CHP has been cost-effective and successfully applied for heating and production of electricity. Presentations from the workshop may be downloaded at NYSERDA .

Past presentations on CHP/cogeneration and critical infrastructure facilities:

Contacts

Ashley Cox
NYSERDA CHP and Distributed Generation Program
Phone: 518-862-1090 Ext. 3448
Email: adc@nyserda.org

Tom Bourgeois, Director
U.S. Dept of Energy's Northeast Clean Energy Application Center
Deputy Director, Pace University Energy & Climate Center
Phone: 914-422-4013
www.northeastchp.org

Margarett Jolly, DG Ombudsman
ConEd
Phone: 212-460-3328
www.coned.com/dg

Dan Zaweski
Long Island Power Authority
www.lipower.org

John Rathbun
National Grid
www.nationalgridus.com

Peter Giasemis
New York Power Authority
www.nypa.org

Steven Kuhr

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