BP - Texas City Refinery South Houston Green Power, LP
Project Highlights
- Designed, built and currently operates cogeneration facility to produce 745 megawatts of electric generation and 4.5 million pounds per hour of steam
- Assumed operations of existing multiple steam boilers and gas and steam turbine-driven electric generators
- Modernized steam and electric infrastructure
- Installed emissions reduction equipment
Overview
Duke Energy Generation Services (DEGS) entered into an energy services agreement with BP Global Power to design, build, co-own and operate a state-of-the-art natural gas cogeneration project at BP’s refining and chemical complex in Texas City, Texas.
The project included a significant upgrade of the existing heat and power equipment which allowed DEGS to switch the gas turbine and boiler from independent operation to run as a combined heat and power (CHP) unit. The unit used 17 percent less fuel than typical on-site thermal generation and purchased electricity. In addition, the plant enabled BP to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by approximately 53* percent at Texas City.
Duke Energy Generation Services received the ENERGY STAR® Combined Heat and Power Award for the important pollution reduction and energy efficiency impacts of the project.
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*Calculated by the EPA using data from ENERGY STAR® CHP Application. ENERGY STAR is a registered trademark owned by the U.S. EPA. For more information about EPA’s CHP Partnership, visit www.epa.gov/chp.
