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13 April 2007

COGENERATION & ON-SITE POWER PRODUCTION is a bimonthly global magazine that champions clean, efficient power generation to professionals in the power sector and large energy users. Published in association with the World Association for Decentralized Energy (WADE) it is the most respected and comprehensive information source in the field. COSPP covers the latest news, developments and technical advances, and carries wide-ranging features on policy and market issues. Main editorial contact: Co-ordinating Editor, Steve Hodgson. MEET US AT Members of the Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production team will be at a number of events in the next couple of months. Come along to: Carbon Expo COGENeration Conference and Workshops 2007 ASME Turbo Expo Russia Power Power-Gen Europe 2007 Let us know if you would like to meet, or stop by our stand to pick up our latest issue or browse our books. COMING UP IN OUR NEXT ISSUE • Update on the European Directive on cogeneration • Heat recovery steam generators -- the users’ view • Improving prospects for CHP in Greece • Coal mine methane as a fuel for decentralized energy SUBSCRIBE TO COSPP Apply for a subscription to Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production - it's free of charge to those involved professionally in the field! Apply now ADVERTISE IN COSPP Please click here to send an enquiry e-mail VISIT OUR BOOKSHOP Visit the bookshop and browse all our latest titles and key backlist.		No-capital trigeneration plant for UK hospital A UK hospital is to benefit from a new 1.4 MWe CHP and cooling (trigeneration) system, to be supplied to Kingston Hospital NHS Trust under a 15-year ‘private finance initiative’ (PFI) agreement backed by an energy management contract, which will avoid the emission of around 4000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year. The 15-year contract, with facilities and energy management company Dalkia, will provide an investment of £2.9 million (US$5.7 million) to completely refurbish the existing boilerhouse at the 632-bed Kingston Hospital and equip it with modern CHP plant. The agreement also includes the subsequent operation and maintenance of the new plant. The Hospital Trust sought the investment as the existing heating boilers are at the end of their operational life. ...more UK consultant and building designer Atkins is celebrating the installation of wind turbine blades onto the Bahrain World Trade Center. The three 29-metre diameter turbine blades are supported by three bridges each weighing 65 tonnes and positioned between the development’s two 50-storey, 240-metre-tall office towers. ...more News Greenhouse gases ‘are pollutants and should be regulated’ – US court The US Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government is obliged to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHGs), according to a report from business analyst Global Insight. The ruling said that GHGs are air pollutants under the US Clean Air Act, and thus have to be regulated. ...more Biomass plant saves jobs in Canada’s forest industry Nearly 1000 jobs have been secured in Fort Frances, north-western Ontario, Canada following the approval of plans by newsprint giant Abitibi-Consolidated to spend C$84 million (US$73 million) to build a biomass cogeneration plant at its pulp and paper mill there. ...more Mini-CHP for domestic refurbishment project in Germany Germany’s largest low-energy building, the product of the refurbishment of a double high-rise apartment block built in 1974 in the former East Berlin, includes an 18 kW cogeneration plant, according to a report from COGENchallenge, the European information campaign on small-scale cogeneration. ...more Did you read ... An alternative vision to current plans for a new nuclear power plant would be a major new biomass CHP sector to supply most of Lithuania’s energy needs, write Saulius Piksrys and Gunnar Boye Olesen ...more In the media California utility PG&E has demonstrated a plug-in hybrid vehicle that could allow car owners to sell stored electricity back to the grid or to use this electricity to power their own homes, reports The New York Times ...more Europe’s Emissions Trading Scheme has been marred by unexpected side effects. Power prices have been driven so high that consumers and energy-efficient industries are put at a disadvantage. The Washington Post reports ...more Product news US acquisition for Rolls-Royce fuel cell subsidiary Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems (US) Inc. has enhanced its global fuel cell capability with a strategic acquisition of US-based SOFCo-EFS Holdings LLC from McDermott International Inc. ...more Developing a domestic micro-CHP product Netherlands-based GTC Europe has appointed Britain’s Cambridge Consultants to provide engineering and technical expertise in the development of a new mass-market micro-CHP system for domestic use. ...more O&M contract for California cogeneration plant Wood Group Power Operations, Inc has won a five-year contract from the Sacramento Power Authority (SPA) for the care, custody and control, operation and maintenance of the SPA CoGen III and McClellan facilities in California. ...more ‘Utility-safe’ interconnection for new 100 kW CHP unit US manufacturer of small-scale gas-fuelled cogeneration modules, Tecogen Inc, has launched its ‘Premium Power Module CM-100’, an inverter-based, 100 kW module. The unit is the first engine-driven product that will carry full UL Certification for ‘utility-safe’ interconnection, while also providing seamless power transfer to stand-alone operation in the event of a power outage, says the company. ...more		EVENTS View our extensive diary of events worldwide COSPP conference diary LOOKING FOR A SUPPLIER? COSPP’s fully searchable database has company and product details of over 3,000 businesses around the globe. Search now... COSPP Suppliers Database
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