Eastlink Centre Combined Heat & Power
A real-world example of combined heat and power supporting a major municipal recreation facility.
Generating power onsite — and putting the heat to work.
At the Eastlink Centre in Grande Prairie, Evolution Power Solutions gas turbines generate electricity onsite while recovering usable thermal energy for the facility. By producing power and capturing heat that would otherwise be wasted, the CHP system helps support the significant and continuous electrical and thermal demands of the aquatic facility.
See the Eastlink Centre CHP system in operation.
3 min 30 sec
A facility that needs both power and heat — all day, every day.
Aquatic and recreation facilities can be particularly well suited to combined heat and power because they require both significant electrical power and consistent thermal energy.
Rather than producing electricity and heat independently, CHP allows the facility to use the same fuel source to generate electricity while recovering heat for productive use within the building.
- Electricity purchased from the grid
- Separate boilers burn fuel for heat
- Heat from power generation is lost
- Electricity generated onsite
- Turbine heat recovered for the building
- One fuel source, two useful outputs
Generating power and recovering heat.
A gas turbine converts fuel into electricity. The hot exhaust that leaves the turbine still carries a large share of the fuel's energy — in a CHP system, that heat is captured and put to work instead of being released.
Fuel in
Natural gas is supplied to the turbines onsite.
Power generated
The gas turbines drive generators, producing electricity for the facility.
Heat recovered
Hot turbine exhaust passes through heat recovery equipment, transferring its energy into the building's heating loop.
Heat put to use
Recovered thermal energy supports the facility's continuous heating demands.
Industrial turbine technology, serving the community.
The Eastlink Centre installation demonstrates how gas turbine technology traditionally used in demanding industrial environments can also be successfully integrated into municipal and community infrastructure.
- On-site electrical generation
- Heat recovery for facility use
- Continuous-duty operation
- Improved overall energy utilization
- Reliable support for a high-demand public facility
Efficiency, reliability and long-term energy value.
Efficiency
Capturing heat that would otherwise be wasted means more of every unit of fuel is turned into useful energy for the facility.
Reliability
Gas turbines built for demanding industrial duty provide dependable, continuous onsite generation for a facility the public relies on.
Long-term energy use
Onsite generation and heat recovery give facility owners greater control over how energy is produced and used over the life of the building.
On site at the Eastlink Centre.
Not just for industrial sites.
Projects like Eastlink demonstrate that distributed generation and CHP are not limited to traditional industrial applications. The same technology can support recreation facilities, commercial buildings, institutional campuses and other sites where dependable electricity and usable thermal demand exist together.
Could CHP work for your facility?
Evolution Power Solutions works with municipalities, EPCs, facility owners and industrial operators to evaluate onsite generation and combined heat and power applications.
Let’s discuss your power and thermal requirements.