Cogeneration
Dean - Lynn & Franklin, Massachusetts & City of Industry, California

Lynn and Franklin, Massachusetts

City of Industry, California

• Description: Three 2 MW natural gas-fired cogeneration projects to provide electricity and thermal energy to Dean Foods dairy processing facilities in MA and CA
• Technology: Proven technology with standard GE Jenbacher reciprocating engines and heat recovery system
• Transaction closed: May 2005
• Start-up: Expected in Q1 2007

This series of three industrial cogeneration facilities will provide high efficiency power and process heat to Dean Foods dairy operations in California and Massachusetts. The facilities will operate at a total efficiency rate more than 50% higher than previous supplies from the grid and on-site boilers, reducing costs and greenhouse gas emissions.