Siemens Energy supplies two gas turbines for new combined heat and power plant in the USA

The new CHP operation will let Tate & Lyle deliver significant environmental and economic benefits at the Lafayette South food ingredient processing facility in Indiana. The gas turbines will generate electricity and steam to power and heat the facility. The new co-generation system, with a power output of over 30 MW per unit, will replace the site’s coal-fired boiler, providing a more than 30 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and around a five percent reduction in water use. The order includes a long-term service agreement and follows the delivery of two SGT-700 turbines to the Tate & Lyle’s food ingredient processing plant in Loudon, Tennessee, in 2017.

As the world enters the era of energy transition moving toward a low carbon future, distributed energy systems in general and combined heat and power (CHP) in particular are proving to be an efficient and clean approach to generating electric power as well as useful thermal energy from a single source. Mid-sized gas turbines like the SGT-700 play a big part in the energy transition because they can reduce emissions by up to half compared to coal when fueled by natural gas and are also able to burn fossil-free fuels like biogas and hydrogen if available.