These include users such as commercial buildings, shopping centres, hospitals, government complexes and industry. Cogent provides cost effective, efficient, reliable and low carbon energy to clients using the latest cogeneration and absorption chilling technologies. Cogent is an energy company that builds, operates, owns and maintains the cogeneration plant with the site owner paying a monthly energy bill that is competitive to an equivalent 50% accredited GreenPower grid energy product (based on mid-2009 market rates).

Cogentpower

Cogent Energy has developed a unique and innovative solution, cogentpower, to address the export and connection issues that have been limiting the use of cogeneration plants at large sites with multiple grid feeders or multiple remote sites. Read more about how your sites may benefit from the operating efficiencies and lower carbon emissions of this unique solution.

Cogent Energy Features:

• Electricity From Natural Gas - Onsite

  Cogent’s solution uses natural gas engines to generate electricity onsite, with the waste heat captured to provide heating or conversion to chilled water for cooling through an absorption chiller. When an absorption chiller is used, the solution is often referred to as trigeneration.

• Smart Energy Management

  Cogent’s solution is designed to operate during the peak period to meet most of the sites electricity, hot water, steam or chilled water requirements and is connected to the grid so that the grid can be used for peak top-up, off peak period and emergency back-up. Cogent’s solution can also operate during off peak periods, depending on the site's energy profile and customer requirements.

• Retrofitting

  Cogeneration plant can be fitted to existing sites as well as incorporated into new sites. With a cogeneration solution designed specifically for a large site, Cogent will deliver impressive carbon emission reduction and cost benefits today and well into the future.

• Low Emissions & High Efficiencies

  Cogent’s solution may reduce site carbon emissions by up to 50% compared to conventional coal-sourced grid energy.

News:

• April 3, 2012
  Origin to develop cleaner electricity for City of Sydney


  Origin’s Cogent Energy business has announced a Heads of Agreement with the City of Sydney, which will see Cogent lead the develop … Read on.

• December 6, 2011
  Cogent leading the way in delivering low-carbon energy Dandenong Precinct Energy Project (PEP) – Places Victoria

  Cogent, in conjunction with Places Victoria, announced Australia’s first urban distributed energy precinct in Dandenong. This … Read on.

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Case Studies & Fact Sheets:

• Fact Sheet:
  Delivering A Low Carbon Energy Network For City of Sydney

  The City is aiming for trigeneration to supply 70% of the City’s electricity needs by 2030 and reduce greenhouse emissions by 25 to 30%. The City of Sydney and Cogent Energy, which is wholly owned by Origin…Read on

• Fact Sheet:
  Australia’s First Urban Distributed Energy Precinct

  We’re partnering to build and deliver Australia’s first precinct wide distributed energy project as a vital step in transforming Australia’s energy landscape.Places Victoria, the Victorian State…Read on

• Commercial Complex:
  20 Bond Street, Sydney

  Origin’s Sydney office at 20 Bond Street aims to be best practice in sustainability and energy efficiency. Cogent Energy has designed and installed a state of the art tri-generation plant. The tri-generation…Read on

• Commercial Office:
  321 Exhibition Street, Melbourne

  Origin’s Melbourne base at 321 Exhibition Street aims to be best practice in sustainability and energy efficiency through the design and installation of…read on

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