Concept drawing for Geisinger's $18 million Central Utility Plant
A hospital in Wilkes-Barre, PA--the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center--has begun work on building a new $18 million Marcellus gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant. The new plant will cut the hospital's energy consumption by 40% and save it around $1.5 million in energy costs annually. Cool! This is not the first time we've written about the trend among PA hospitals to build their own mini power plants, powered by natural gas. Last time we checked, in November, there were a dozen hospitals across the Keystone State that use CHP technology (see Lancaster Hospital Produces Its Own Electricity Using Marcellus Gas). Hospitals are not the only organizations that use CHP--universities, manufacturing plants and others use CHP too (see Website Connects Lenders/Borrows for Combined Heat & Power Projects). Here's the news about the newest PA hospital to use CHP--an important new market for PA's abundant, clean-burning Marcellus gas...
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