New Combined Heat and Power Plant Debuts at Texas Medical Center

Present at Tuesday's dedication of Thermal Energy Corp.'s (TECO's) new combined heat and power plant on the Texas Medical Center campus in Houston were (from left) Greg Graves, CEO, Burns & McDonnell Corp.; Paul G. Bell, Jr., chairman, TECO's board of directors; Stephen K. Swinson, TECO's president and CEO; Richard E. Wainerdi, Ph.D., president, CEO and COO of the Texas Medical Center; Bob Gemmer, U.S. Department of Energy; and Darryl Wilson, vice president and general manager, GE Aeroderivative Gas Turbines. The 48 MW plant shown here in background is expected to operate at 80 percent efficiency, cutting carbon dioxide emissions by more than 305,000 tons per year, the equivalent of taking 53,000 cars off the road. Courtesy GE Power & Water. Woodallen Photography.