GE Jenbacher Sells Its 500th Gas Engine In The Netherlands
09 August 2004 09:56
GE Jenbacher, a division of GE Energy, has sold its 500th gas engine in The Netherlands to a rose grower that will use the new system to generate light, heat and CO2 for its greenhouse operations.
Fueled by natural gas, the cogeneration system will have a total electrical and thermal output of 2.4 megawatts, and an overall efficiency of 93.7 percent.
Rose growers Win & Bernadette Bijman, located in the village of Obdam, ordered the Jenbacher JMS 320 GS-N.L cogeneration system to generate electricity needed for the assimilation lighting of 19,000 square meters of greenhouse space. As a result, the company will be able to produce cut roses during the winter in almost the same quantities as during the summer months. In addition to producing power, the engine will provide heating for the greenhouses.
The customer will also use the CO2 from the cogeneration system’s exhaust gas, which will be purified in a catalytic converter before it is passed into the greenhouses in the form of CO2 fertilizer, raising the CO2 concentration to a level ideal for plant growth.
During the warm months of the year, the heat from the engine will be put into buffer storage for use at a later time.
The cogeneration system will be built at GE Jenbacher’s facilities in Jenbach,Austria. It is scheduled to begin operating at the site by the beginning of October 2004.
GE Jenbacher is also supplying the customer with a CodiNox CO2 fertilization system, acoustic housing, silencers, DIA.NE® XT engine control system, and a 10-year maintenance agreement.
This cogeneration system is the 500th engine GE Jenbacher has sold in The Netherlands since the company began selling gas engines in this country 15 years ago. Combined, the 500 Jenbacher engines have a total electrical power output of 610 megawatts, or an average 1.2 megawatts per engine.
Due to its extensive experience with CO2 fertilization and assimilation lighting in greenhouses, GE Jenbacher Netherlands has been designated as GE Jenbacher’s Center of Excellence for this application and supports all GE Jenbacher worldwide offices with their greenhouse projects.
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GE Energy - Jenbacher Gas Engines
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