WALTHAM, MASS.—American DG Energy Inc., a leading on site utility, offering clean electricity, heat, hot water and cooling solutions to hospitality, has reached an agreement to supply clean energy to the Doubletree Hotel Tarrytown, located in Tarrytown, N.Y. Under the terms of the agreement, the Doubletree will soon receive a significant portion of its energy from a 100 kW combined heat and power (CHP) system, which will be owned and operated by American DG Energy. The hotel will receive a discount on the energy produced by the CHP system and reduce its emissions by 403 tons of carbon dioxide annually. The value of the agreement to the company is $2 million over the 15-year term.
American DG Energy will produce clean energy in the form of electricity, space heat and domestic hot water at the Doubletree and sell it to the hotel at a price lower than the local energy utility. Because the hotel opted for the company’s on-site utility energy solution, the Doubletree will pay only for the energy used and will avoid all capital, installation and operating costs. The energy will be produced with small-scale, combined heat and power equipment, located at the property site but owned and operated by American DG Energy. The company will also handle all service, maintenance and repair; therefore, Doubletree will not need to provide manpower to support the energy equipment.
CHP systems offer considerable environmental benefits when compared with purchased electricity and on-site-generated heat from a boiler. By capturing and utilizing heat that would otherwise be wasted from the production of electricity, CHP systems require less fuel than equivalent separate heat and power systems to produce the same amount of energy. Because less fuel is combusted, greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide, as well as air pollutants like nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide, are reduced. At the Doubletree Hotel Tarrytown the CHP system to be installed is expected to reduce the property’s emissions by 403 tons of carbon dioxide each year. This reduction is equal to removing the carbon emissions of 67 cars each year.
The CHP system planned for the Doubletree will be comprised of a 100 kW InVerde system which has back-up power capabilities and has recently been granted the new air emissions certification from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. This certification eliminates the process of applying for pre-construction operation certification and air permits prior to installation which will save time and money on implementing projects.
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