Case Study: New Research Center achieves 7.5 MW CHP expansion, 58,000 MWh annual electricity savings and under‑3‑year payback with Veolia North America

New Research Center Calls for CHP Expansion

New Research Center engaged Veolia North America’s energy consulting group, SourceOne, to provide project management and technical assistance for expanding a combined heat and power (CHP) plant to serve a new 512,000‑square‑foot research center on a medical school campus. The campus needed an additional 7.5 MW of electric generation, 4,000 tons of cooling and 60,000 lbs/hr of thermal capacity while ensuring high reliability for critical patient‑care systems and cost‑efficient operation.

Veolia North America installed a 7.5 MW gas‑fired combustion turbine to replace the school’s oil‑fired steam boilers, conducted a full‑campus metering assessment and delivered an allocation study, enabling the CHP plant to meet the increased load and cogenerate steam for campus heating. The project produced about 58,000 MWh in annual electricity savings—paying for itself in under three years—while improving uptime, lowering energy costs and reducing carbon emissions in line with the campus’s climate‑neutral goals.