Contact About Us Careers Countries English (US) Products Power Applications EPC Service Finance News Events Case Studies Industrial and Manufacturing Home → Gas Engine Applications → Industrial and Manufacturing Gas engine based cogeneration, or combined heat and power (CHP), offers a range of potential benefits for industry and manufacturers. Gas engine industrial CHP or combined cooling heat and power (CCHP) plants can provide significant financial savings on fuel costs used to provide electricity, heat and in some instances cooling. In some countries the government provides tax benefits to the owner of CHP plants. Industrial CHP plants can accept a range of low carbon and renewable fuels including natural gas, biogas, RNG, hydrogen. Gas engines can be deployed as part of a captive power plant dedicated to the facility, or by an independent power producer that sells to a manufacturer using a power purchase agreement. Gas engines can also be deployed alongside other energy generation or storage technologies as part of a microgrid. Benefits of CHP for manufacturers and industrial companies Financial savings versus separate purchase of electricity and fuel for heating. Energy resilience Emissions reduction Stable, resilient power supply Utilising the local pipeline gas supply network gas engine-based CHP plants provide a stable supply of electrical power that, if needed, can be isolated from the local electricity grid. The heat produced by the engine can be recovered either as hot water or as steam for use in the industrial facility. In addition, if there is a local need for cooling power, the heat can be fed into an absorption chiller providing a source of cold water. This cold water can in turn be used to support a refrigeration or air conditioning system. Systems providing electricity, heat and cooling are called trigeneration plants. This can be taken one step further for industrial users that require carbon dioxide. In quadgeneration systems carbon dioxide can be recovered and scrubbed from the engine exhaust to the highest standards. There are various applications for this carbon dioxide including ones in the food and drinks industry or in greenhouses for the promotion of growth in plants. Video – Industrial CHP https://www.clarke-energy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Clarke-Energy-CHP-Animation.mp4 Improve environmental performance Natural gas has the lowest levels of carbon dioxide production and is the cleanest of all the fossil fuels. Jenbacher gas engines generate electricity at high efficiency making the greatest use of the fuel source. The utilization of cogeneration for embedded generation helps minimize losses of electricity associated with its transmission from centralized power plants. With the addition of carbon dioxide recovery systems carbon dioxide can be sequestered in plants or utilized in manufacturing processes helping provide the highest levels of environmental performance. Industrial and manufacturing applications Cogeneration system systems can be successfully applied to a range of industrial applications including: Agrochemicals Construction Glass Paper Automotive Dairies Medical equipment Pharmaceuticals Bricks Dyes and chemicals Mining Rubber Breweries Engineering Oil and gas Steel Ceramics Food processing Packaging Textiles Standby power Gas engines can also be deployed as standby power units able to act as backup power as an alternative to diesel engines. Learn more here. Learn more To find out more about how gas engine based combined heat and power can help your organisation, please contact your local Clarke Energy office. Service Offerings Service Commissioning Maintenance Agreements Technical Training Remote Monitoring & Diagnostics Field Service Spare Parts Upgrades, Repair & Overhaul Conversions, Modifications and Upgrades Can We Help? Contact Us Now > Any Further Questions? If you have any technical questions that need answering, would like to arrange to speak to a sales advisor or book a feasibility study. Contact Us Sign Up To Our Newsletter First Name Last Name Email I consent to my personal data being processed by Clarke Energy in accordance with the Clarke Energy Privacy Policy (view here) Company About Us Contact Careers Clarke Energy History Newsletter Trade Associations Learn More Anti Slavery Statement Cookies Gender Pay Reporting Health & Safety Knowledge Base Kohler Worldwide Privacy Policy Subject Access Request Quality Integrity Reliability Accountability 2021 © Clarke Energy. All rights reserved.