Projects
Industrial CHP, City of Chicago The Chicago Industrial Energy Plan Project creates a government and industry cooperative to identify strategic industrial locations that will maximize the benefit of integrated Industrial Distributed Generation Systems. To achieve this goal, such locations will need to lower overall stationary emissions while improving energy security, reliability, efficiency and cost. Overall direction of the project is guided by a Steering Committee, consisting of industry leaders including GTI, ERC, City of Chicago DOE, Chicago Area Energy Users Group, local electric and gas utilities, city and state officials, engineering companies, equipment manufacturers, and energy project developers. The project consists of two phases. Phase I is an energy and environmental characetrization study to identify and prioritize target sites based on emissions, energy usage, and grid utilization maps. Phase II is the devlopment of conceptual design and deployment plans for process improvements and distributed generation at each of the sites. Phase II concludes with a final report documenting the results of the project that can serve as a model for other metropolitan areas. As a subcontractor on this project, the ERC provides input on the Project Steering Committee, plant evaluations/audits, industrial process integration, deployment strategy, and the final reports. For more information, contact: John Cuttica
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