By Rod Walton, EnergyTech Senior Editor
On-site power equipment firm Tecogen will provide 8 of its InVerde e+ units for a microgrid at a New York City hotel.
The 8 InVerde units, collectively rated to one MW, will supplement the existing power supply of the hotel and provide additional resiliency. The system will utilize Tecogen’s proprietary microgrid feature that simplifies synchronizing and load control, allowing the eight units to operate in unison.
The units are expected to be serviced from Tecogen’s Brooklyn service facility, which already services three 400-ton Tecochill systems at the hotel. The inVerde units are natural gas-fired cogeneration systems which can provide electricity and heat.
“When this hotel was originally in development, we worked with the owner and construction team to implement the Tecochill solution for cooling the facility,” noted Jeff Glick, Vice President of East Coast Sales at Tecogen. “As the energy needs of the hotel increased, Tecogen was asked to provide a solution to increase available electric capacity by one megawatt. The modularity of the InVerde 125 kW units as well as our microgrid control feature enabled a flexible and cost-effective solution that met their requirement for 1 MW of onsite capacity generation. We are excited to continue working with this hotel to meet their energy needs.”
Tecogen can and has located some of its units on rooftops.
The InVerde units likely will be shipped midway through this year. The Tecogen release did not identify the hotel.
