By Rod Walton, EnergyTech Senior Editor
Kinsley Energy Systems will supply a combined heat and power (CHP) and chilled water system for a liquified natural gas (LNG) cogeneration plant to provide electricity and thermal energy for a Pennsylvania cannabis cultivation facility.
PA Options for Wellness selected Kinsley, which will provide a combined heat and power (CHP) package including four TEDOM cogeneration units, backup boilers, electric chillers and closed-circuit cooling towers with association pumping systems.
PA Options for Wellness held groundbreaking on the Lab Energy Cogeneration plant in August. The company expects that the LNG-fueled system will be commissioned in January.
"We selected Kinsley because they offered competitive cost, valuable technical support during project development and local service throughout the plant's life,” Tom Trite, CEO of PA Options for Wellness, said in a statement.
The group believes the cogeneration plant will reduce energy costs, cut carbon emissions and ensure the cultivation facility’s energy service resiliency. In 2019, PA Options for Wellness was awarded a Medical Cannabis Clinical Registrant permit by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The company is working in collaboration with the state’s Accredited Clinical Research Center, Penn State University and Hershey Medical Center to examine and research work on patient care involving medicinal cannabis. The facility will use chilled and hot water from cogeneration plant to maintain tight environmental conditions required to grow the highest quality cannabis products, according to the release.
TEDOM manufactures up to 300 CHP systems per year and has installed more than 8,000 cogeneration units worldwide. The units can run on several different gas fuels and range in power capacity from 35 kW to 4 MW, according to reports.
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(Rod Walton, senior editor for EnergyTech, is a 14-year veteran of covering the energy industry both as a newspaper and trade journalist. He can reached at [email protected]).
