Power plant retrofit to district heating and cooling projects and grid-connected integrated community energy systems projects. Program summary meeting, 1983

Community projects were selected in two areas: (1) power plant retrofit to district heating and cooling (DHC) and (2) grid-connected integrated community energy systems (GC-ICES). In the first area, existing power plants were to be retrofitted to recover rejected heat, and thermal piping networks were to be planned and constructed to distribute the heat to the local community. In the second area, smaller-scale projects were to be designed and developed to meet the requirements for thermal energy service within the local community and to sell cogenerated electricity to the electric power grid. These projects proceeded through several phases of development toward the goals of completing construction and beginning operation. These phases were (I) assessment and conceptual design, (II) feasibility and preliminary design, (III) financing and final design, (IV) construction, and (V) start-up and operation. The results of the projects as presented at the program summary meeting held in May 1983 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. are summarized. In all, 12 projects are included, plus a report on the state implementation pilot plan in Minnesota and two panel discussion conducted at the meeting - one on resolving barriers to GS-ICES and DHC systems and the other on implementation issues. Amore » summary of the major conclusions of this meeting is given.« less