Co-funded cogeneration
Under Ener-g's Discount Energy Purchase scheme, the investment is repaid through the guaranteed cost savings achieved over the 10-year contract period.
Trafford Community Leisure Trust is a recent example of an organisation looking to benefit from the scheme. It has signed up three of its leisure centres to use Ener-g’s combined heat and power (CHP) systems for generation of low cost, energy efficient electricity and heat.
ENER-G Sales and Marketing Director Ian Hopkins (pictured) explains: “The Discount Energy Purchase concept is very simple and is perfect for risk averse clients.
"We select and install a CHP system that converts primary fuel, such as natural gas, into electricity and heat/cooling. Because the system is highly efficient, we can charge less for electricity than energy supply companies, provide free heating and cooling and still recover adequate funds to pay the investment cost and ongoing maintenance of the system. Our clients can use their capital to fund core projects and sit back and enjoy bottom line savings.”
Three 70kW cogeneration systems have been installed at Altrincham, Sale and Stretford leisure centres. Collectively, the CHP units are achieving annual carbon dioxide savings of 359 tonnes. This is equivalent to removing 120 cars from the road each year, or to the carbon sequestered annually by 294 acres of forest.
Combined heat and power – the simultaneous generation of electricity and useful heat – is almost twice as efficient as conventional power generation because the majority of heat is recovered and used on site, rather than wasted to the atmosphere. In addition, transmission losses are avoided. CHP achieves cost savings of up to 40% over electricity sourced from the grid and heat generated by on-site boilers.
Ener-g's CHP systems are available from 4kWe to over 10MWe in size and can be deployed across the commercial, industrial and public sectors. The company project manages and finances integrated energy solutions – combining CHP with solar, lighting, building controls and other energy saving technologies and services to provide cost and carbon reductions for organisations.
