Power plants convert various fuel sources into electric power. With the Clean Power Plan, it is expected that by 2020 natural gas–powered plants will permanently surpass coal-based electricity generation for power plants. By utilizing natural gas, power plant facilities can reduce their carbon footprint, optimize their energy management systems and reduce operating costs.

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Combined Heat and Power

One solution making headway in the industry is Combined Heat and Power (CHP), also known as cogeneration. CHP is a form of distributed power generation and is typically located near the point of consumption. This technology is essentially the simultaneous production of electricity and thermal energy (heating and/or cooling) from a single source of energy, usually natural gas.

Steam Turbines

Steam Turbines are known to be used for the largest type of CHP plant. It burns fuel at high pressure and temperature to provide high value heat and electric power. Steam turbines are often used in really large industrial and commercial CHP applications that have high process-related thermal requirements that are not subject to daily or seasonal weather-related fluctuations, so energy is an important part of the business.