RELEASE: IMMEDIATE, July
22, 2002
CONTACT: Ryan Moore
1-866-NYSERDA, ext. 3267.
Fonda-Fultonville Central School District to Produce Its Own Power
State Provides Nearly $500,000 for Combined Heat and Power System
Albany, NY – Assemblyman Paul D. Tonko announced today that
the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
is providing $491,000 to the Fonda-Fultonville Central School District
to demonstrate the efficiency of a combined heat and power (CHP) system.
The current system is based on five natural gas-fired engine generators,
waste heat recovery boilers, a 600-ton absorption chiller, and an
emergency generator. Waste heat from the engines will be captured
by heat recovery boilers and used for space heating and cooling. When
fully operational, the school district anticipates approximately $200,000
in annual energy savings from this project.
"All across the State, NYSERDA has assisted school districts
with innovative energy projects. NYSERDA has the financial and technical
assistance for the use of geothermal heat pumps, solar energy and
more. Now, we're demonstrating the benefits and challenges associated
with installing an on-site combined heat and power system," said
NYSERDA President William M. Flynn. "Fonda-Fultonville is looking
towards the future by using advanced technology to take control of
their energy costs. I am proud that NYSERDA could be involved in such
an exciting project."
"This state-of-the-art combined heat and power facility will
serve as a model for school districts throughout the State,"
said Assemblyman Paul D. Tonko. "I applaud the Fonda-Fultonville
Central School and the community for the entrepreneurial spirit they
have demonstrated by embracing this innovative technology, which will
reduce their energy bills, protect taxpayers and assist the district
in providing quality education for the students of the district."
The entire project, which will cost more than $3 million dollars,
is expected to reduce annual electricity use by more than two million
kilowatt hours, or enough electricity to power more than 345 homes
for a year. The system is expected to be up and running by next summer
and will provide power and heat to the K-12 campus at Fonda-Fultonville.
The first step in the project will be to finalize the system design
and project economics.
Funding for this project comes from NYSERDA's New York Energy $martSM
program, which is designed to lower electricity costs by encouraging
energy efficiency as the State's electric utilities move to competition.
The programs are available to all electric distribution customers
(residential, commercial, institutional and industrial) of Central
Hudson, Con Edison, NYSEG, Niagara Mohawk, Orange and Rockland, and
Rochester Gas and Electric.
A component of New York Energy $martSM, the Combined Heat and Power
(CHP) program, is driven by the goal of providing the State's ratepayers
with greater efficiency and reduced emissions. The intent of our current
CHP program is to support demonstration of emerging distributed technologies
or, in some cases, conventional technologies installed in innovative
applications. The program is helping industrial, residential, commercial,
and institutional customers across the State by providing funding
for on-site CHP systems that are both energy-efficient and environmentally
clean. An additional goal of the program is to develop a database
of operational reliability and availability as well as to evaluate
the economic and environmental implications of CHP systems such as
the one being installed at the Fonda-Fultonville Central School District.
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