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A Renewable Combination
Solar Turbines lead to increased efficiency.
Rising demand for sustainable power is driving the use of renewable fuels in power generation applications. The prospect of meeting global energy needs while minimizing the impact on the environment is presenting real opportunities. Solar Turbines, a Caterpillar company, is seizing this opportunity by developing new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technology.
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In 1946, Solar capitalized on the opportunity to design a gas turbine — a product that would go on to become Solar's signature product, and remains a focus today ... 85 years after Solar started as an airplane manufacturing company in 1928.
CHP, also known as cogeneration, is an efficient, clean and reliable approach to generating power and thermal energy from a single fuel source. Installation of a CHP system can greatly increase operational efficiency, while at the same time decrease energy costs.
Customers such as Veolia Environmental Services, located outside of Paris, France have installed a 15-megawatt landfill gas-fueled combined-cycle plant. The plant uses a Mars 100 Solar™ Gas Turbine Generator Set, packaged by Turbomach at its European facility in Switzerland.
Renewable fuels in CHP applications make sense for efficiency, sustainability and energy security. Caterpillar continues to commit research and development resources to supporting renewable fuels as part of a winning solution for clean energy and a sustainable future.
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