Capstone Green Energy said an affiliate secured an order to deliver and maintain a hybrid photovoltaic (PV) solar and microturbine trigeneration system for a hotel complex in Jamaica.
The new system is expected to negate the hotel company’s previously planned spend on a 2 MW standby generator.
The trigeneration system is designed to provide 2.25 MW of capacity, equal to the hotel’s peak electrical demand, as well as a 60% reserve capacity intended to support the hotel’s interest in establishing energy independence. The system also is expected to produce 440 kW, or 1.5 MMBtu per hour, of domestic hot water and 599 tons of dual-fired absorption cooling for the hotel’s peak cooling demand.
Capstone said the installation is estimated to reduce the hotel’s energy cost by over 45%, offering a simple payback of 3.5 years. The customer also signed up for a 20-year plan covering maintenance, parts and labor.
Capstone said a previous project with the hotel company was similar in design and had a simple payback of less than four years.
The trigeneration configuration is estimated to reduce the hotel’s annual greenhouse gas emissions by 31%.
“Hotels and resorts are well suited for microturbine-based co- and tri-generation power systems due to their high levels of need for energy to include domestic hot water, power and cooling,” said Darren Jamison, Capstone’s CEO.
