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News Release from: GE Energy Europe | Subject: GE Energy Jenbacher gas engines and Coca-Cola
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 February 2008
Gas engines reduce plant CO2 emissions
by 40%
Beveridge bottling plants expect to reduce CO2 emissions by 40% through their use of natural gas fired gas engines to generate power in-house.
The Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company and energy development company ContourGlobal, are launching a major industrial emissions reduction initiative in Europe They have plans to install a total of 15 sombined heat and power (CHP) plants at bottling facilities in twelve countries
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 Oct 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The first step has been the ordering of 19 GE Energy Jenbacher gas engines with a total output of 58MW.
This supports the European Commission's goal to adopt more stringent environmental targets for member countries to help Europe reduce emissions 20% by 2020.
Each bottling plant expects to eliminate more than 20% carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions annually, said GE Energy.
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CEO of GE Energy's Jenbacher gas engine business, Prady Iyyanki, said: "As the European Commission seeks to further reduce the region's emissions, we are extremely excited to offer our customers technology that provides energy efficient, on-site power and helps reduce the carbon footprint in their operations".
GE is supplying the Jenbacher gas engine cogeneration units to ContourGlobal, which will install the systems at various Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company's sites.
Coca Cola is planning to install CHP units in Austria, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Northern Ireland, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, and Nigeria.
Two installations will be built in each of Italy, Russia and Romania.
Fueled by natural gas, GE's Jenbacher units will generate electricity to meet Coca-Cola's need for a reliable source of on-site power.
The systems will also provide heat and cooling.
Cogeneration, or CHP, is inherently more energy efficient than using separate power and heat generating sources, said GE Energy to manufacturingtalk.com, making it an effective anti-pollution strategy.
In recent years, the EU has begun urging countries to modernise their industrial and municipal cogeneration systems in order to help improve energy efficiency and curtail their emission levels.
Under its contract with ContourGlobal, GE is providing Jenbacher JMS 620 GS-N.L systems, including heat recovery from jacket water, intercooler and oil, as well as its DIA.NE XT control system for the units.
GE's Jenbacher engines will be delivered end of 2008 and 2009, with commissioning scheduled as the plants are ready.
The equipment is being built at GE's gas engine manufacturing center in Jenbach, Austria.
* About Jenbacher gas engines by GE Energy - GE Energy's Jenbacher gas engine business, based in Jenbach, Austria, is a leading manufacturer of gas-fuelled reciprocating engines, packaged generator sets and cogeneration systems for power generation.
Jenbacher engines cover an output range of 0.25 to 3MW and operate on natural gas or a variety of specialty fuels, including landfill and coal mine gas or alternative fuels like biogas, sewage gas and industrial waste gas.
Patented combustion systems coupled with advanced engine and plant management systems enable customers to meet stringent international emission standards while offering high levels of efficiency, durability, and reliability.
* About GE Energy - GE Energy is one of the world's leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technologies, with 2007 revenue of US$22 billion.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, GE Energy works in all areas of the energy industry including coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear energy; renewable resources such as water, wind, solar and biogas; and other alternative fuels.
Numerous GE Energy products are certified under ecomagination, GE's corporate-wide initiative to aggressively bring to market new technologies that will help customers meet pressing environmental challenges.
GE's Jenbacher biogas, landfill gas and coal mine methane engines have received ecomagination certification, underscoring the environmental and economic benefits offered from the utilization of generating energy from high methane content waste streams.
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