In June 2004, Austin Energy commissioned this DOE sponsored modular CHP plant. The plant is located at the Domain Industrial Park in north Austin. The Domain CHP plant incorporates a 4.5 MW Solar combustion turbine that directly fires a 2,600 RT Broad absorption chiller.

A critical aspect of this CHP plant is the fact that it uses pre-manufactured or off-the-shelf components. This is expected to significantly lower the cost of replicating similar on-site generation systems (called distributed generation). Off-the-shelf capability allows systems to be scaled up or down in size or configuration, to serve a variety of situations. The CHP plant at the Domain was delivered in two sections and was basically assembled with seven welds. Burns and McDonnell design the facility and Turbine Air Systems provided the compression, exhaust, pump and control modules.


The Domain CHP plant has received numerous industry accolades including:

EPA Certificate of Recognition
Engineering Excellence Award from the Texas Council of Engineering Companies

Upon completion of one year of operation, the project will be submitted for an EPA Energy Star Award.




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