http://cogentenergy.com.au The power behind cogeneration Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:23:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cogeneration in Australia has been largely limited to the industrial sector, which can use the heat from production processes for electricity or hot water. But it also has much to offer the commercial sector, saving energy and cutting emissions. Industrial cogeneration in areas like sugar milling and mining is a well ... http://cogentenergy.com.au/2009/10/now-for-the-commercial-sector/ Cogent Energy has designed and installed a cogeneration plant at a 40,000m2 office building in Sydney. The company also designed the electrical and mechanical interfaces between the cogeneration plant and the building’s distribution systems. The building owner is Mirvac. The plant has two 1166kW cogeneration engines from MTU’s 4000 series that ... http://cogentenergy.com.au/2009/10/article-retrofit-of-sydney-building-includes-cogeneration-plant/ Commercial buildings in Australia have not formed an active market for cogeneration technology – until last year, when one company started to use a particular business model (against a background of growing demand for ‘greener’ building operation and rising electricity prices) to change this. Nalin Wickramasinghe writes on progress and ... http://cogentenergy.com.au/2009/10/article-cogen-comes-to-australian-offices/