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U.S. DOE Financial Assistance Funding Opportunity Announcement
June 1, 2009
The U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) has issued a new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) titled “Recovery Act: Deployment of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Systems, District Energy Systems, Waste Energy Recovery Systems, and Efficient Industrial Equipment.” Up to $60M will be awarded for up to 30 CHP projects. The minimum award amount for CHP projects is $1M with 50% required cost share. For more information, please contact the Midwest CHP Application Center at (312) 996-4382 or cuttica@uic.edu. A copy of the FOA is available
Events (Workshops & Conferences)
News (Technical Reports & Other Publications)
DOE Issues Notice of Intent for CHP, District Energy, and Industrial Energy Efficiency Projects
March 3, 2009
The U.S. Department of Energy has released a Notice of Intent for an upcoming solicitation for cost-shared combined heat and power (CHP), waste heat recovery, district energy, and industrial energy efficiency projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This funding oppportunity will be issued in March 2009. More information.
A Report on "Combined Heat and Power: Effective Energy Solution for a Sustainable Future"
December 1, 2008
This report, prepared for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, describes in detail the four key areas where CHP has proven its effectiveness and holds promise for the future. It is now available for downloading.
CHP Investment Tax Credit and Related Provisions of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
October 3, 2008
The Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008, signed into law October 3, 2008 as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (P.L. 110-343) included several provisions beneficial to the CHP community. More information.
FREE WEBINAR SERIES Energy Efficient Practices and CHP Technologies for Data Centers
September, 2009
The Midwest CHP Application Center invites you to attend a complimentary, 4-part “lunch-hour” webinar series on Energy Efficient Practices and CHP Technologies for Data Centers. In each one-hour broadcast you will learn from industry professionals about ways to cut power demand and make your data center more energy efficient. The webinars will include a tutorial on assessing energy demand in a data center and identifying savings opportunities by using the U.S. Department of Energy’s DC Protool software, energy efficient practices and technologies for implemention in data centers, how to integrate combined heat and power (CHP) in data centers, and case studies of CHP projects installed in data centers. Each webinar is tentatively scheduled on September 1st, 3rd, 8th, and 10th. More information and registration details will follow soon. For immediate inquiries, please contact Elaine Kulawiak at ekulaw2@uic.edu.
Waste to Energy Workshop: Advances and Opportunities for Ohio’s Livestock & Food Processing Industries
April 7, 2009
Wooster, OH
The workshop was organized by the Ohio Department of Development’s Ohio Energy Office, Ohio Department of Agriculture, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, and the Midwest CHP Application Center. The participants learned from experts on a variety of topics including technologies and experiences in anaerobic digestion of livestock manure and food processing wastes, interconnection with local utilities, biogas clean-up and direct use, energy recovery from landfill gas, and state and federal financial incentives. More information; Brochure; Agenda and presentations; Speakers bios and contact information.
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act: In Plain Language, What's In It For Cogen?
March 31, 2009
Willowbrook, IL
CHP Case Study Presentation of a University located in a Deregulated Market
March 18, 2009
Chicago, IL
Jeff Barrie, Director of Utilities Management for the University of Illinois at Chicago, made a presentation to local industry titled “CHP Systems Implementation at UIC’s East and West Campuses,” that described the implementation history of CHP at the university and how the system is operated today in a deregulated utility market. A copy of the presentation is available.
MAC Presents at the Michigan Water Environment Association’s Biosolids Conference
March 3-4, 2009
East Lansing, MI
Cliff Haefke of the Midwest CHP Application Center made a presentation, “Energy Efficiency and CHP Opportunities at Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs),” that described the basic concepts and benefits of CHP and how the technology can be integrated into today’s WWTPs. A copy of the presentation is available.
MAC Presents at the Net-Zero Energy (NZE) Installations & Deployed Bases Workshop
February 2-4, 2009
Colorado Springs, CO
MAC Presents at the 2009 ASHRAE Winter Conference
January 25, 2009
Chicago, IL
John Cuttica, Director of the Midwest CHP Application Center, made a presentation, "Project Development of a Successful Chicago CHP System," in the session on "How to Identify a Good CHP Project." The session was organized by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). A copy of John's presentation is available.
Forever Energy: Biomass for Sustainable Energy Solutions
July 17, 2008
Dubuque, IA
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A New Perspective on
Energy
Combined Heat and power (CHP) systems, for commercial, institutional and industrial facilities, incorporate multiple technologies for providing energy services to a single facility or to multiple facilities. Electricity to such facilities is provided by on-site or near-site power generators, using one or more of the many options: internal combustion (IC) engines, combustion turbines, microturbines, and fuel cells. In CHP systems, thermal energy in various exhaust streams from power generation equipment is recovered for operating equipment for space and/or process cooling, heating, or controlling humidity in facilities, by using absorption chillers, desiccant dehumidifiers, or heat recovery equipment for producing steam or hot water. These integrated systems are known by a variety of acronyms: CHP, CHPB (Cooling, Heating and Power for Buildings), CCHP (Combined Cooling Heating and Power), BCHP (Buildings Cooling, Heating and Power), and IES (Integrated Energy Systems).
CHP systems provide many benefits,
including:
- Reduced energy
costs
- Improved power
reliability
- Increased energy
efficiency
- Improved environmental
quality
- Improved power quality
The Midwest CHP Application Center (MAC) was established in March 2001 for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Energy Resources Center (ERC). Its mission is to provide application assistance, technology information, and educational support in the twelve Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
The objective of this site is
to provide you with information on CHP for buildings
to facilitate your decisions relating to these systems.
Information on the site has been organized to address
anticipated needs of various user groups. Click on a
link of your choice to learn about some of the basics,
benefits, success stories and much more.
As you move through the site available sub-topics will appear in the list of links, on the left of the page, below the link for the major category currently open. The footer for each page also contains links to all the major sections of this Web site and the major organizations providing support for it.
Links to information on other Web sites open in new browser windows. To return to the MAC Web site, close the new browser windows.
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