Developing a dispatchable cogeneration facility
- Cogeneration Partners of Americal, Cherry Hill, NJ (US)
Cogeneration Partners of America (CPA) has recently started construction of a 117 MW QF which serves Atlantic Electric and BF Goodrich on a dispatchable basis. This paper discusses the technical, economic and legal hurdles that had to be overcome by CPA in order to supply its product to Atlantic Electric only when needed while meeting FB Goodrich's continuous thermal needs. The normal cogeneration facility (a qualified facility QF) is usually a baseload or must run facility dedicated to providing its thermal customer with an uninterrupted supply of steam at an economical price. The electrical utility is then expected to accept the energy almost as a byproduct without regard to the electric utility's load profits or needs. This arrangement of priorities is the opposite of the distribution of revenues. In most cases, the electrical revenues are significantly greater than the thermal revenues.
- OSTI ID:
- 5107612
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9104106--
- Journal Information:
- Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States), Journal Name: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States) Vol. 53; ISSN PAPWA; ISSN 0097-2126
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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