Texas CHP Initiative

CleanEnergy, LC is a CHP development business with roots in the natural gas distribution and energy marketing business. The company was formed in 2003 to investigate fuel cell technologies for residential and commercial customers in the north Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The local gas distribution network is an ideal platform for clean, immediate, baseload power. When alpha and beta testing of fuel cell technologies did not meet initial expectations, CleanEnergy refocused on energy efficient combined heat and power (CHP) technologies as an alternative to proposed coal-fired electric generation in the state.

Post Hurricane Season 2005, the need for energy security offered by CHP became apparent to CleanEnergy principals. They focused on organizing a working group that became the Texas CHP Initiative. CleanEnergy works on CHP applications for hospitals, hotels, and other critical infrastructure. CleanEnergy CHP provides the following benefits to keep critical health and emergency services functioning -- along with vital public and economic functions -- during a natural disaster or terrorist attack:

Energy security and reliability
Reduced system vulnerability
Disaster mitigation
Disaster recovery
Business continuity during grid outages
Lower cost of power and thermal energy

CleanEnergy continues to focus on the need for change in public policy as it relates to the barriers to full deployment of CHP and related technologies across the Lone Star State. Contact Rich Herweck.

Integral Power, LLC was formed in August 2000 with a mission to develop, own and operate environmentally responsible energy projects with high value and low commercial risk. This approach has focused the company on integrating combined heat and power (CHP) projects within existing industrial facilities to capture benefits not possible with stand-alone power or gas-fired steam generation. Integral Power projects typically involve:

industrial waste heat recovery
waste fuel utilization
repowering of existing assets
non-conventional fuel credits
air emission credits
high efficiencty and availability

Integral Power currently serves as the Managing Partner for Port Arthur Steam Energy LP (PASE). IP led the development and execution effort for this unique re-development project, which achieved commercial operation in August, 2005. PASE is one of the largest examples of industrial energy efficiency in the United States. This waste heat recovey CHP project produces approximately 450,000 lb/hr of high pressure steam from heat recovered from three petroleum coke calcining kilns at the Oxbow Corp. calcining facility. A majority of the steam is sold to the neighboring Valero-Port Arthur refinery for process use, with balance used to produce 5 MW of electricity. The power generated is used by Oxbow and PASE to serve internal load requirements, with excess sold to the local utility, Entergy. By capturing 1800-2000 degree F heat that would otherwise be wasted to the atmosphere, the steam and power produced have no associated emissions, making this CHP an extremely green project. PASE recovers nearly 5 trillion BTUs/year, displacing natural gas combustion in fired boilers at the refinery. It is estimated that PASE offsets over 200 tons/yr of NOx and over 280,000 tons/yr of greenhouse gases (CO2) that would otherwise be emitted to the environment in supplying this energy. Integral Power has other, similar projects are in various stages of development and engineering in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. Contact: Ray Deyoe.

TAS - Turbine Air Systems designs and builds modular clean heat and power (CHP) systems for commercial and industrial facilities. TAS CHP energy systems are engineered to customer specific thermal requirements. Customer specifications for hot or chilled conditioned water, or hot or cold conditioned air, drive system sizing and component selection. TAS CHP systems are noted for high operating efficiency in producing on-site power and utilizing engine waste heat to support thermal applications. System sizing varies from less than 1 MW to over 10 MWs for a single customer facility. Thermal applications include the production of chilled water for industrial process manufacturing and summer air conditioning. Domestic hot water is generated for showers, pools and laundries and waste heat is utilized to fuel boilers for generating heat during winter months.

TAS industrial process clean heat and power systems have been deployed in the ethanol, oil exploration, data center operation, space exploration, CO2 capture and consumer goods manufacturing industries. TAS employs both chilled water and air-cooled technology for process cooling applications. We support a variety of industrial applications for combined heat and power technology in fluid heating and other industrial processes. TAS chilled water plants range from 200 to 8000 tons for individual units and our applications engineered CHP systems range from 1 to 10 MWs for an individual facility. Supporting industrial applications requires the ability to achieve a wide range of temperatures. TAS capabilities include industrial refrigeration which requires the ability to achieve temperatures well below 0Âº F. Industrial refrigeration systems are typically larger than 100 tons, use ammonia in the vast majority of installations as the refrigerant, and can achieve load temperatures as low as -60Âº F. Industrial refrigeration is used by a wide assortment of industries, but most frequently for cold storage and food processing. Common industries include refrigerated warehouses, fruit and vegetable processors, breweries and wineries, dairies and ice cream processors, and meat, poultry and fish processors. TAS clean heat and power solutions are used across a variety of industrial applications. System configuration is determined by customer application requirements utilizing process chilled water, fluid heating, high temperature water or steam. Examples of customer processes span fermenting (pharmaceuticals), pasteurizing (breweries), dehydration (oil and gas), hot water industrial clean up (food processing) and hot water industrial rinsing (micro electronics). Contact: Tom Pierson.

Distributed Energy Financial Group, LLC (http://www.defgllc.com/) can assist with business strategy development, regulatory analysis, and market research. Its affiliate EcoAlign (http://www.ecoalign.com/) is a strategic marketing agency focused on the energy and environment space, with a mission to align consumer behavior with energy and environmental needs for products, services and programs. DEFG and EcoAlign evaluate, create and execute through research, insightful strategy and innovative communication. Contact: Nat Treadway.

Gulf Coast CHP Application Center was formed to increase adoption of CHP technologies in the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma through technical assistance, project support, education, policy reform, grant information, and other goals. Contact: Dan Bullock.

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