ENGINE & TURBINE TECHNOLOGY
TURNKEY CHP PLANT for US PROJECT A
s phased decommissioning of coal plants and additional renewables integration into
the grid have led to increased variability in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)’s wholesale electricity segment, GE’s Distributed Power business and Clarke Energy, GE’s channel partner of Jenbacher gas engines in Michigan, have announced that they will provide a turnkey combined heat and power (CHP) plant to municipal electricity utility Sebewaing Light & Water (SL&W). The CHP plant will augment SL&W’s existing power plant assets with GE’s high-efficiency, natural gas-fuelled Jenbacher gas engines, allowing for lower electricity costs for residential, commercial and industrial customers in Sebewaing. Following completion of the project, Clarke Energy will provide a long-term comprehensive service
agreement with associated availability guarantees. “Sebewaing is a unique load, and GE’s Distributed Power business and Clarke Energy were able to customise the application to enhance benefits for our utility and our customers. The high efficiency of GE’s Jenbacher gas engines fuelled by natural gas will allow us to generate electricity at a low cost and reduce our risk of wholesale electricity price volatility,” said Melanie McCoy, superintendent, SL&W. “By self- generating our electricity, we estimate savings at more than US$1.4 million per year. In addition, the plant adds to our capacity, allowing us to reliably serve more customers when the transmission grid is constrained or suffers an outage.”
The project includes one each of
GE’s Jenbacher J624 and J620 gas engines, providing 4.4 MWe and 3.3 MWe, respectively, with a total output of 7.7 MWe. Clarke Energy will also install GE’s Distributed Power’s myPlant Asset Performance Management offering – an IioT solution that allows customers to improve the availability, performance and maintenance effectiveness of their Jenbacher gas engine fleet. ●
For more information visit
www.ge.com/power
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