Green-power project to be developed.Thunder Bay Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and two adjoining townships. Hydro and Lakehead University Lakehead University, at Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada; founded 1946 as Lakehead Technical Institute. It achieved university status in 1965. Lakehead has faculties of arts and science, business, education, engineering, forestry, library and information studies, nursing, have partnered to develop a combined heat and power (CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan ) project, which will provide more efficient energy use for several major power users in the city. The CHP project will expand the university's existing power house to include a 5.5 (megawatt) turbine generator fueled by natural gas. A new distribution system to provide steam and hot water heating Water heating is a thermodynamic process using an energy source to heat water above its initial temperature. Typical domestic uses of hot water are for cooking, cleaning, bathing, and space heating. In industry both hot water and water heated to steam have many uses. to a number of buildings in the vicinity of the Lakehead University campus, including the city's Pioneer Ridge Home for the Aged is also part of the project. The availability of district heating District heating (less commonly called teleheating) is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements. through the university's power house will provide an incentive for construction of new facilities on campus as well as in the vicinity of the University. "Combining the generation of heat and power in one facility will result in higher efficiency and better control of energy costs in university and city buildings," says Rene Larson, chair of the board of directors of Thunder Bay Hydro. "We expect this project to be a model for CHP plants elsewhere throughout Thunder Bay and the region as well." John Baird John Baird can refer to several people:
"This project will take advantage of the government's tax incentives to power generators who create additional energy supplies using cleaner, alternative and renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. sources. That includes everything from natural gas and hydro-electricity to solar and wind power. This Project is an example of how a business like Thunder Bay Hydro can partner with a public sector entity such as Lakehead University to build additional clean energy generation." The combined heat and power project is a result of the recent deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. of electricity in Ontario, which has allowed local distribution utilities such as Thunder Bay Hydro to restructure to undertake power generation and other non-traditional businesses. The study began in the spring of 2003 and is now progressing to commercial development and engineering study phases. Construction of the new CHP project is anticipated to begin within a year. |
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