Investments in CHP projects involve significant risks and rewards, and the customers who have not previously used on-site generation have to manage uncertainty. Fortunately there are experienced CHP developers, as well as sources of objective information from national research laboratories and the regional CHP Applications Centers.

The Gulf Coast Clean Energy Applications Center provides early stage project analysis for projects in Texas as well as Louisiana and Oklahoma. Project support is also available through TXCHPI members and through a variety of highly experienced project developers, engineering firms, manufacturers, and consulting firms. See our Members section for more information.

Case Studies

Baytown Industrial Park (Baytown, TX)

The Baytown Industrial Park is the flagship site for Bayer MaterialScience LLC, which is the polymers manufacturing arm of Bayer AG in the U.S. Due to variety of utility and emissions reduction needs, a combined heat and power plant was installed and operated by Calpine Corporation. The system includes combined-cycle cogeneration of 700 MW of base load power throughout the year with 130 MW of peak power during summer months. [Download profile]

Dell Children's Medical Center (Austin, TX)

A 4.3 MW Integrated Energy System (IES) owned and operated by Austin Energy that provides the hospital complex with power, chilled water and steam. [Download profile]

University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

The University of Texas at Austin increases investment in co-generation to achieve greater utility reliability and economy, achieving roughly 90% efficiency. [Download profile]

Targa Resources (Mont Belvieu, TX)

Targa Resources conducts natural gas fractionation at its Mont Belvieu facility. Its 15 MW gas turbine provides 70-90% of the facility's electricity. [Download profile]

More case studies are available on the Gulf Coast Clean Energy Application Center's Project Profiles webpage.