US-headed waste heat to power technology provider ElectraTherm,Inc., has revealed that its global waste heat to power (WHP) fleet has surpassed 100 years of cumulative fleet runtime. With its "Power+ Generators" in 10 countries creating clean energy from a variety of low-temperature heat streams, the applications range from internal combustion engines, combined heat and power (CHP), to geothermal, biogas and biomass.
The 100-year mark is just one of several milestones over the past twelve months. Last autumn, ElectraTherm completed its state-of-the-art manufacturing plant and test cell at BITZER US headquarters in Flowery Branch, Georgia. The plant boasts 50 000 square feet of the most advanced testing and manufacturing equipment to build, test and continue to develop its Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) “Power+ Generator”.
Other recent milestones include a second micro-geothermal installation at a hot spring in Japan, 10 new commissions in the United Kingdom (UK) on biomass applications, and the recent partnership with the US Navy for a shipboard waste heat to power demonstration on a small turbine at the US Naval Academy.
ElectraTherm continues to push on the growing waste heat to power (WHP) market globally and our proven fleet experience is what sets us apart from others in this space. We are averaging approximately a year of runtime hours every several weeks and exceeding one million hours for our entire fleet will be in the coming months. We are very proud to be part of the global BITZER network and are really focusing on how to expand market acceptance for WHP. It’s an exciting time for ORC technology and small-scale waste heat to power generation, remarked John Fox, Managing Director, ElectraTherm.
