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Customer: National Gypsum Company (NGC)
Location: Burlington, NJ
Project description: RED-Burlington, LLC (RED) has developed an ultra-efficient combined heat and power (CHP) generating facility that will serve the Burlington, New Jersey, facility for the National Gypsum Company (NGC). The project, which is supported by the State of New Jersey, will deploy proven, state-of-the-art, low-emission natural gas combustion turbines, with 100% of the exhaust being utilized in the NGC process, resulting in an overall efficiency of greater than 90%. RED’s gross capacity will be 3.4 megawatts (MW), its net annual generation will provide up to 22,500 megawatt-hours (MWh).
NGC presently burns natural gas in its kiln to dry gypsum wallboard. Turbine exhaust from a Solar Centaur 4700 natural gas combustion turbine will be fed directly into the kiln to displace approximately 30 MMBtu/hr (40%) of the heat that is presently provided by natural gas duct burners.
Commercial operation: 2012 (projected)
Environmental benefits: The power will supply 100% of NGC’s needs with any excess power being sold to the local utility. The project will annually displace more than 12,500 metric tonnes of CO2. Electricity generated from the project will supply the gypsum plant and any excess power will be exported to the utility distribution network. The CHP project could have the ability to export approximately 4,000 – 6,500 MWh per year to the grid.