CHP | Combined Heat and Power

CHP | Combined Heat and Power

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At distributed scale, CHP (Combined Heat and Power) versions of the 247Solar Plant™ can use waste heat to provide even greater superiority to PV. Waste heat from the 247Solar Plant’s turbine is captured simply by adding an air-to-air or air-to-water heat exchanger into its hot exhaust stream. From its 400 kWe basic model, the 247Solar CHP Plant produces 400 kWh of power each hour plus 1,500,000 Btu/hr of usable heat for a total system efficiency approaching 75%, compared with <18% for PV. WHEN DEPLOYED IN SMALL NUMBERS NEAR VILLAGES OR INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, WASTE HEAT FROM 247SOLAR PLANTS CAN BE USED TO: Heat water or buildings Drive absorption chilling systems for space cooling and/or refrigeration Make steam to drive a variety of industrial processes Dry crops Purify or desalinate water Heat algae ponds, etc.
247SolarOVERVIEW: 247Solar, Inc. was formed in 2015 by solar industry pioneer Bruce Anderson to commercialize the 247Solar Plant™, using technology originated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Bruce began his solar career with his master’s thesis at MIT on the subject of solar energy. In 1985, Bruce became the first recipient of the American Solar Energy Society’s Lifetime Solar Contribution Award. He later served on the National Advisory Board of the Solar Energy Research Institute, now the National Renewable Energy Institute (NREL).  In 2009, Anderson realized that a breakthrough high-efficiency heat exchanger, invented by MIT mechanical engineering professor Dr. David Gordon Wilson, and being developed by the company they formed together, Wilson TurboPower, would enable an entirely new approach to concentrated solar power (CSP) with higher performance and lower cost.  In 2010 the U.S. Department of Energy awarded the company $6 million to further advance the technology, and the engineering of key components began. In 2015, Anderson formed 247Solar and acquired Wilson TurboPower’s solar technology.  In 2018, 247Solar received private investment capital to enable the engineering and construction of its first full-scale 247Solar Plant. The Commercial Demonstrator, under construction at the Company’s Arizona facility, will commence operation in early 2022.  

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