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Distributed energy resources (DERs) are energy generation and storage technologies that can supplement or replace the power generation provided by central utilities. Stand-alone or connected through a microgrid, they can create organizational value by helping manage energy expenses, ensure reliability and accelerate sustainability efforts.
DERs technologies include:
Generators/gensets
Turbines
Fuel cells
Cogeneration or CHP
Renewables
Microgrid technology
Storage technologies
Determine the Right Program Implementation and Financing Approach to Meet Your Needs
Having an always-available power source to ensure uptime and operational resilience
Utilizing lower carbon fuel sources independently from the utility grid to reduce your carbon footprint
Implementing a cogeneration program onsite to produce energy for your facility and minimize waste byproducts
Mitigating high costs of energy and avoiding peak demand charges
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DERs give you a way forward for energy self-sufficiency. They’re especially essential when expensive electricity, unreliable power infrastructure or carbon-intensive grid energy sources are at play.
Solve electric power access and reliability issues
The LOTT Cleanwater Alliance helps preserve and protect public health, the environment, and water resources by providing wastewater management services for approximately 90,000 people.
Trane partnered with LOTT Cleanwater Alliance to install a new cogeneration system and blower retrofit at the Budd Inlet Treatment Plant. The projects, funded with assistance from Puget Sound Energy conservation incentives totaling 70 percent of the project cost, were completed prior to established deadlines.
The cogeneration system provides sufficient heating energy to serve the site as a “district” heating plant. It eliminates the need to flare excess digester gas and greatly reduces annual emissions, including over 1,800 metric tons of carbon dioxide. The projects are saving more than 2.8 million kilowatt hours per year, enough to power more than 210 Thurston County homes.
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Three Ways Distributed Energy Resources Help Add Value to Your Building and Operation