Jenbacher combined heat & power engines and heat recovery equipment co-generate electricity and thermal energy. This improves cycle efficiency to beyond 80 percent.
Environmental Benefits
The global installed fleet of over 3,500 GE Jenbacher natural gas engines for combined heat and power applications requires over 49 million MWh less primary fuel input than the separate production of heat by a natural gas-fired boiler and delivery of electricity on the average national grid; in one year of running at full capacity, the avoided primary energy input is equivalent to the energy contained in almost 29 million barrels of oil.
Operating Benefits
A GE Jenbacher J624 natural gas engine for combined heat and power applications is designed to emit 14 percent less CO2 than would be emitted in the separate production of heat by a natural gas-fired boiler and delivery of electricity on the European grid; in one year of running at full capacity, the J624 avoids the emission of over 2,400 metric tons of CO2, equivalent to the CO2 emitted annually by almost 1,200 cars on European roads or absorbed annually by more than 600 hectares of UK forest.
