Cogeneration, combined heat and power news articles 
Opcon Powerbox generates electricity from waste heat for mining companies in Australia
The Opcon Powerbox is a product developed by Opcon for the production of new carbon-free electricity from waste heat at temperatures as low as 55°C. A standard Opcon Powerbox is at 0,74 MW and can be installed in large process-industry plants, power stations or with adaption, onboard larger ships. By utilizing waste heat, electricity is produced from a source that would otherwise go to waste. Opcon has won its largest Opcon Powerbox order to ... [more]
ElectraTherm Green Machine can produce power from heat captured in geothermal brine
ElectraTherm, Inc. has announced use of the ElectraTherm Green Machine in a significant geothermal application. ElectraTherm’s Texas partner, Gulf Coast Green Energy, will employ Green Machines to make clean electricity at two projects funded by the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America. The first of those projects will make power from heat captured in geothermal brine, a common byproduct of drilling for oil. ElectraTherm Green Ma... [more]
Swiss heating plant increases energy efficiency with Opcon's waste heat recovery technology
SRE, a subsidiary of Opcon AB, has received an additional order for a flue gas condensation from a bioenergy plant in Switzerland. The customer is the district heating plant owned by the municipality in Winterthur, which by using Opcon’s technology for waste heat recovery will increase its energy efficiency by around 25-30% while significantly reducing emissions of particles. Together with a new extra order from Enerbois this means new orders ... [more]
Carbon Challenge Fund available for projects that can demonstrate significant carbon savings
The Northwest Regional Development Agency has opended a £2million fund, providing grants of between £100,000 and £500,000 to new projects that can demonstrate significant carbon savings - accelerating the Northwest region’s transition to a low carbon economy. The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) is inviting expressions of interest in The Carbon Challenge Fund, which is targeting organisations and businesses that show an innovative ... [more]
Budget gives a massive boost to microgeneration manufacturers
The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, has given a massive boost to microgeneration manufacturers by pledging £5 billion to low-carbon investments. This will help to generate 900,000 jobs in the renewable energy industry. Substantial funds have also been pledged to support existing manufactures. This will place the UK at the forefront of a worldwide low-carbon boom. A sum of £45 million has been set aside for small-scale renewable energy through t... [more]
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American DG Energy Announces Exclusive Rights Agreement for Europe
American DG Energy Inc. , a leading OnSite Utility, offering clean electricity, heat, hot water and cooling solutions to hospitality, healthcare, housing and athletic facilities, today announced that in addition to its rights in the United States, the Company's European subsidiary, EuroSite Power Inc., now has exclusive rights in Europe to sell all current and future Tecogen Inc. products ...
Hebrew Health Care inaugurates green machine
Hebrew Health Care recently inaugurated its new 150kW cogeneration plant.
Energy waste the size of Japan
Here is a startling fact: US power plants waste more energy than many countries use, including advanced economies like that of Japan. The wasted energy is in the form of heat thrown off when power plants produce electricity.
IDEA Lauds Newly Introduced Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (TREEA)
BOSTON----The International District Energy Association applauds Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn.; Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo.; and Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., as well as Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., and Rep.
Now they´re cooking with gas
The light went on in the shower — a fitting epiphany for the top executive of Lansing’s Board of Water and Light. BWL general manager J. Peter Lark made up his mind to propose a new, natural gas-powered cogeneration steam and power plant in REO Town while soaking wet.
First private CHP plant of Iran inaugurated
TEHRAN, July 20 (MNA) -- Iran’s first privately owned combined heat and power plant (CHP) officially came on stream in Tehran on Tuesday.
Climate Corps 2010: How a Natural Disaster Can Breed Efficiency
The floods wreaked havoc on Gaylord’s flagship resort and convention center: the 4-million-square-foot, 3,000-room Opryland . The overflowing Cumberland River was particularly damaging for the hotel’s energy infrastructure.
SPX Awarded Contract to Provide Dry Cooling System to Saudi Arabia's Largest Combined Cycle Power Plant
SPX Corporation today announced that its Thermal Equipment and Services segment has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $41 million to design, manufacture and supervise the construction and commissioning of two new air cooled condenser dry cooling systems for the Riyadh PP11 power plant to be constructed in Saudi Arabia.
Capstone Turbine Corp. is Today's Focus Stock on MicroStockProfit.com
DALLAS -- MicroStockProfit.com announces an investment report featuring Capstone Turbine Corp. . The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and recent company news that you need to know to make an educated investment decision.
4,000 Ukrainian cows power country's first biogas plant
GreenBiz Staff, BusinessGreen , Thursday 15 July 2010 at 09:51:00 GE rakes in revenue with manure-to-energy roll out The 4,000 cows at the Ukrainian Milk Company Ltd. near Kiev are doing more than producing dairy products. Their dung is being used to produce energy at the country's first biogas cogeneration plant. The facility, which just completed its ninth month of operation, also is the first ...
