Offering low capital cost and quick installation and startup, the Genesis 1000™ is ideally-suited to local grid balancing, peak power, standby and emergency back-up power applications. Major utility companies install gensets in their sub-stations to supply extra power to specifically identified service areas during peak demand hours, and assure emergency backup power in the event of grid interruption. Many energy consumers—large retailers, manufacturers, data centers, office and residential buildings—install gensets at their facilities to assure uninterrupted operations or to generate their own power at lower cost than their utility bills. For both energy producers and energy consumers, the Genesis 1000™ delivers distributed power for critical energy applications:
Peak power and grid balancing by utility companies.
Emergency backup and standby power – growing importance for all businesses and industries, but particularly critical for hospitals, data centers, police, fire, and government offices in the event of disruption to grid power supply.
Peak power shaving by energy consumers.
Prime or continuous power generated onsite by energy consumers to alleviate dependence on inadequate grid infrastructure.
Rental & temporary power for sporting events, construction sites, film crews, etc.
Remote community/municipal power – baseload and peak power for small communities in remote areas inaccessible to grid infrastructure. Also useful at remote mining operations.
Mobile power generation – for military and disaster relief operations (DOD and FEMA).
Oil and gas drilling and processing – powering land and sea based oil and gas drill sites with the very fuel they extract. Eliminates the need to purchase, transport and store diesel fuel.
Landfill-to-Energy Projects – powering the landfill site itself and nearby industries using captured bio-methane that has previously been allowed to escape or flared off.
Sewage treatment, feedlot, and other sources of biogas.
Supplemental power for renewable energy plants – augments and stabilizes wind and solar generation to deliver reliable, predictable power for baseload and peak requirements .
Clean ports legislation – provides power for ships while in port in order to meet the California mandate. Similar federal legislation is pending.
Net metering – sale of excess power to the grid; particularly attractive where renewable fuels are accessible.
Benefits
A simple analysis of electricity utility prices, natural gas prices, and genset capital and operating costs can confirm the economic attraction of distributed power generation. The economics are further enhanced when considering other distributed power generation benefits. These include increased power reliability, decreased exposure to utility price volatility, reduced fuel costs for steam and hot water through combined heat and power (cogeneration), and reduced carbon impact particularly where renewable fuels are available.