Addressing waste-heat-recovery in Alberta
Atlas Copco Gas and Process has received a multi-million dollar order for expander generators to be used in waste-heat-recovery. The machines, which are set for delivery in November 2011, will help produce electricity in Canada’s Alberta province.
The company will supply a 2 MW binary-cycle waste-heat-recovery package for Genalta Power. Genalta Power is a Canadian-based private company specialized on waste heat to power generation within the oil and gas sector. The project is located at the Judy Creek production complex in Swan Hills, Alberta, and will recover energy from the flue gas of gas turbines.
Depending on the number of modules used, the waste-heat power-generation system is capable of recovering up to 4 MW of waste-heat.
Among renewable energy sources, waste-heat-to-power (WHP) has one of the lowest electricity generation costs. It is a true base load capacity and helps reduce green house gas emissions and overall dependence on fossil fuels.
The recent order fits into a growing line of Atlas Copco projects in the realm of renewable energy and, specifically, waste-heat-recovery. For decades now, Atlas Copco has helped customers around the world to unlock the vast potential of sustainable energy sources.
Atlas Copco is a member of the FTSE4Good Index. The FTSE index measures the performance of companies that meet globally recognized corporate responsibility standards. Atlas Copco is ISO 9001 certified and ISO 14001 compliant.
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