GE’s Jenbacher gas engines can generate electricity and heat on-site from associated petroleum gas (commonly known as “flare gas”), an energy-rich byproduct of petroleum drilling that would otherwise typically be flared or vented. This avoids the combustion of diesel or other fossil fuel for the generation of electricity and heat, reducing fuel costs and associated CO2 emissions.
Environmental Benefits
A GE Jenbacher JGS 620 gas engine running on associated petroleum gas is designed to emit 47% less CO2 than using a comparable diesel generator to produce electricity, and separately flaring the associated petroleum gas; in one year of running at full capacity for 8,000 hours, the JGS 620 is designed to avoid the emission of amore than 11,400 metric tons of CO2e, equivalent to the CO2 emitted annually by more than 2,200 cars on US roads.
Operating Benefits
A GE Jenbacher JGS 620 gas engine running at full capacity for 8,000 hours per year on associated petroleum gas, when used instead of a comparable diesel generator, is designed to avoid the combustion of more than 4.8 million liters of diesel fuel per year while generating electricity; this could yield an annual savings of more than US$ 2.5 million based on a diesel price of US$ 0.53 per liter.
