Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Technologies, Decarbonization Incentives

Course Description

This presentation was part of a New Jersey Campus Consortium for Decarbonization event held on January 17, 2024. It introduces CHP Technologies and their impacts on decarbonization, together with several campus-focused studies. It also introduces a new CHP feasibility study incentive program. in New Jersey. The program is designed to increase and expand distributed energy resources by providing incentives towards the cost of developing Feasibility Studies for CHP systems and fuel cells. Recorded January 17, 2024.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe a range of CHP technologies and their impacts on Decarbonization. 
• Describe the New Jersey Clean Energy’s Combined Heat & Power feasibility study incentive program.
• Explain what combined heat and power is, including its uses and benefits for reliability and sustainability, and how fuel cells operate to produce electricity.
• Describe combined heat and power/fuel cell projects in New Jersey and discuss lessons learned.

About the Instructor:

Gearoid Foley is an experienced engineer with a qualification in mechanical engineering and 8 years’ experience working as a structural design engineer in the telecommunications industry. He worked on the design and analysis of telecom structures and the creation of structural reports for clients in Ireland and Africa. He was extensively involved in the quality control of structural reports and created new processes and guidelines to ensure quality and high efficiency within the team.

Course Outline

• CHP Applications, Examples & Decarbonization

• Benefits of CHP

• Energy Efficiency and Reduced Emissions

• Attractive CHP Markets

• Decarbonization, Energy Markets, Grid Reliability

• Inflation Reduction Act

• Combined Heat & Power Feasibility Study Program

• Combined Heat & Power Fuel Cells Incentive

• Exam