How to Use cogeneration in a Sentence

cogeneration

noun

• At the heart of the multibuilding complex is a cogeneration plant that recovers wasted heat to make the buildings 70 percent more energy efficient.
  — Megan McIntyre, Hana Hong, Marie Claire, 18 Apr. 2019
• Other big capital projects in the works include upgrades the Pasadena terminal, St. Charles alkylation unit, and Pembroke cogeneration unit to be complete in 2020.
  — Houston Chronicle, 25 July 2019
• That two-year project includes a cogeneration unit, in which a natural gas turbine will power an electrical generator, and the exhaust gas from the turbine also will be used to make steam for plant operations.
  — Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• DeFeo said the Temple sewage should be going to a facility equipped with biogas cogeneration, an anaerobic process in which methane in sewage is made into fuel, making the initiative sustainable.
  — Annabelle Williams, Philly.com, 27 June 2018
• The museum features a cogeneration plant, which produces a combination of heat and power, using natural gas.
  — David Gelles, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2016
• In the meantime, MIT says its upgraded cogeneration plant will offer the campus protection from extreme weather, some of which is exacerbated by global warming.
  — National Geographic, 18 Mar. 2016
• Rick's dad wanted to build an electric cogeneration facility.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 26 May 2017
• The company also makes money selling electricity from its cogeneration plant on Christian Street in Grays Ferry, though power-generation revenue is not factored into its rate request for steam customers.
  — Andrew Maykuth, Philly.com, 21 Dec. 2017
• Similarly, in Manhattan, New York University’s cogeneration plant partially powered the campus during the city-wide blackout.
  — National Geographic, 18 Mar. 2016
• Applied Medical in a statement said other sustainable initiatives at its Orange County facilities include using a fuel cell, a cogeneration system, a water chiller system, and programs to reduce packaging waste.
  — Staff Report, Orange County Register, 12 June 2017
• In China, where grid electricity is notoriously unreliable, 10 percent of the country's total energy supply is in cogeneration, furnishing off-grid power to petroleum refineries, pulp and paper factories, chemical plants, and iron and steel mills.
  — Steve Silberman, WIRED, 14 June 2001

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