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Kendall Cogeneration Station

“Green ” lowers in Boston and Cambridge

ENERGY KENDALL COGENERATION STATION Veolia in Boston & Cambridge Full “Green Steam” ahead in Boston nvisible beneath the streets and bridges above, a and Cambridge Ilabyrinth of steam pipes has silently warmed and he $112 million “Green Steam” project, cooled Boston and Cambridge’s premier medical Tincorporating the new 7,000-foot pipeline research institutions, hospitals, commercial buildings completed in 2013 and the acquisition of Kendall and government facilities for more than 80 years. Station in 2014 with partner I-Squared Capital, Acquired by Veolia in 2005, this innovative district minimizes environmental impacts, doubles system integrates Combined and Power the transport of cogenerated “Green Steam” to (CHP) technology with efficient steam infrastructure. customers and integrates the district With its two steam plants and Kendall Cogeneration serving downtown Boston and East Cambridge Station, Veolia produces for the electric for added resiliency. By leveraging advanced CHP grid and distributes steam within Boston’s central technology, the -fired Kendall Station business district, the biotechnology corridor recaptures previously lost to of Cambridge and the Longwood Medical Area the environment. In addition, Veolia’s retrofit of of Boston. the plant in October 2016 replaced its original Veolia by the numbers once-through cooling system design with an Air Cooled Condenser (ACC) – an engineering and • 250 – customers served by Veolia’s Boston- environmental achievement that eliminates hot Cambridge network water discharge to the Charles River. By investing in • 700 – employees in Massachusetts recent reliability improvements, including upgrading • 44M sq t – area of buildings served the plant’s dual- capabilities, the CHP plant is now able to restore electric service during a grid • 70% – percentage of Boston’s high-rise buildings CHP: A sustainable and eicient energy solution blackout, while ensuring reliable 24/7 “Green Steam” served by Veolia for customers. • 1,738 – hospital beds served (comprising all of Combined heat and power (CHP), also known water, or powering chillers. he simultaneous the large healthcare facilities in Boston) as cogeneration, recycles heat from its production of power and thermal energy electric generation process into useful thermal consumes less fuel than if produced separately Kendall Cogeneration Station: energy, which is used for steam heating, heating and can achieve up to 80 percent eiciency. Over a half century of reliable energy uilt in 1949, the original cogeneration plant “Green Steam” beneits Bhoused power and steam to serve Cambridge’s electric distribution system and he Boston-Cambridge “Green Steam” system integrates highly By capturing heat previously lost to the environment, “Green Steam” 80% by 2050 eicient CHP technology with a 26-mile network – making it one of the greatly improves overall eiciency and reduces regional GHG emissions. “Green Steam” supports several industrial facilities. Following economic largest and most extensive district energy systems in the Boston and Cambridge’s goal to reduce growth in East Cambridge in the 1960’s, the main to generate both electricity and steam. GHG emissions 80% by 2050

steam line that runs from Kendall Station through Kendall Square was constructed. With the installation 61% / 36% of new equipment in 2001, Kendall Station was reduction of the region’s SO2 transformed into a more energy efficient CHP facility, and NOX emissions, respectively producing up to 256 megawatts (MW) of electricity and 1.2 million pounds per hour (Mlbs/hr) of steam. 75% of district energy heat supply consists of Since acquiring the Boston-Cambridge district, Veolia recycled “Green Steam” has leveraged a portion of the plant’s , a With its industrial jet engine and more than “Green Steam” eliminates a major source of thermal 1 million gallons of fuel inventory located pollution to the Charles River and improves air quality by byproduct of its , to supplement on-site, Kendall Station is positioned to burning cleaner fuel sources. 147,500 man hours its distribution networks with cogenerated “Green ‘jump-start’ the electric grid following a supported the construction of the blackout. “Green Steam” project Steam.” Because Kendall Station’s heat production exceeded the existing pipe’s capacity, Veolia proposed 6% an innovative environmental solution – constructing he Carriage House (pictured) reduction of non-transportation carbon a second pipeline to capture the remaining excess was originally used to house emissions for both cities thermal energy. horses, hay, feed and carriages. Today, it contains the water treatment facility for Kendall Station. ENERGY EFFICIENCY COMPARISONS

35% EFFICIENT TRADITIONAL Separate heat & power (SHP)

Waste heat rejected Requires 1 to environment Energy loss during 3 separate 2 transmission and distribution energy assets POWER and personnel; increases carbon footprint HEAT

TRADITIONAL FACILITY POWER PLANT

UP TO 80% [COMBINED HEAT & POWER] EFFICIENT CHP Reliable, sustainable and cost-effective

3 Efficient, integrated energy production Reduced emissions 1 2 HEATING &/or COOLING Less fuel consumed and POWER ability to leverage multiple fuel sources

FUEL INPUT

CHP PLANT FACILITY Efficiently produces electricity and Commercial, Institutional thermal energy (Used for generating and Industrial steam or hot water, heat and power)

CHP is dramatically more eicient, reliable, sustainable and cost-eicient CHP Basics

What is CHP? Combined Heat and Power (CHP), or cogeneration, is an energy eicient technology that generates thermal energy (heating and cooling) and electricity from a single energy source. hrough the production of electricity, heat is produced as a byproduct and recycled into useful thermal energy.

Beneits of CHP CHP systems can atain up to 80 percent eiciency, as opposed to the 35 percent eiciency achieved when thermal energy and electricity are produced separately in boilers and power plants, respectively. Less fuel is combusted with CHP systems, reducing emissions, air pollutants and costs. he ability to combine CHP with other energy sources and leverage various fuel sources also provides reliability.

CHP and district energy District energy systems produce and distribute energy from a central plant and can be combined with CHP systems to further reduce carbon emissions. For example, in Boston and Cambridge, Veolia’s district energy system leverages recovered thermal energy, or “Green Steam,” produced as a byproduct of electricity generation at Kendall Cogeneration Station to supply its steam network. his CHP technology, combined with Veolia’s recent infrastructure improvements, have improved reliability, eliminated thermal discharge to the Charles River and signiicantly reduced the region’s overall carbon footprint.

The Boston-Cambridge “Green Steam” system integrates highly “Green Steam” eliminates a major source of to the efficient CHP technology with a 26-mile network – making it one of the Charles River, improves air quality by burning cleaner fuel sources and largest and most extensive district energy systems in the United States reduces regional GHG emissions. to generate both electricity and steam. twiter: @veolia_na www.veolianorthamerica.com Resourcing the world

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