UBC biomass CHP system provides renewable heat and electricity for campus

摘要

Nexterra Systems Corp., the University of British Columbia and GE celebrated in September the successful completion of the energy-from-renewable-waste combined heat and power (CHP) system located at UBC's Vancouver campus. GE's Jenbacher gas engine will produce 2 MW of clean, renewable electricity that will offset UBC's existing power consumption, enough to power approximately 1,500 homes. The Nexterra system will also generate 3 MW of thermal energy, which is enough steam to displace up to 12% of UBC's natural gas consumption. This will reduce UBC's greenhouse gas emissions by up to 5,000 tonnes per year.