Magnolia Generation, Cogeneration modelling and CDM Applications
Customer Challenge
Magnolia Generation, a new contender in the residential Combined Heat and Power (CHP) market, has brought an innovative service offering to high rise condo and apartment buildings. Magnolia’s exclusive license in Ontario allows them to install, own and operate micro CHP plants in buildings, providing tens to hundreds of kilowatts of electrical power and heat. The small scale of these micro turbines allows Magnolia to provide base load power and thermal energy to customers, while maintaining grid power connections and existing boiler plants for peak loads. The turbines also act as emergency power generators that provide sustained occupancy levels of power and heat.
While the projects are financially viable, external funding from various sources, including low interest debt financing, demand and conservation reduction programs, and process efficiency improvement funds, augment the rates of return for Magnolia’s investors.
Magnolia Generation, a new contender in the residential Combined Heat and Power (CHP) market, has brought an innovative service offering to high rise condo and apartment buildings. Magnolia’s exclusive license in Ontario allows them to install, own and operate micro CHP plants in buildings, providing tens to hundreds of kilowatts of electrical power and heat. The small scale of these micro turbines allows Magnolia to provide base load power and thermal energy to customers, while maintaining grid power connections and existing boiler plants for peak loads. The turbines also act as emergency power generators that provide sustained occupancy levels of power and heat.
While the projects are financially viable, external funding from various sources, including low interest debt financing, demand and conservation reduction programs, and process efficiency improvement funds, augment the rates of return for Magnolia’s investors.
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Filament Energy’s Solution
The application process for government and utility grants can be onerous for building owners or service providers to manage. With Magnolia generation operating primarily in the City of Toronto, Filament Energy proposed a cost-effective solution to provide the detailed energy model, completed application forms, attendance at meetings with the grant providers and their agents to validate collected and modelled data, and complete the subsequent measurement and verification program.
Filament’s familiarity with building electrical and thermal energy systems allowed us to prepare detailed energy models, taking into account hourly utility data, ambient temperature fluctuations, seasonal demands, part load operations, and planned system downtime. This model is tailored for each of Magnolia’s customers to optimize electrical and thermal efficiency, meeting the desired outcome of the grant program, and maximizing the financial returns of the project.
The application process for government and utility grants can be onerous for building owners or service providers to manage. With Magnolia generation operating primarily in the City of Toronto, Filament Energy proposed a cost-effective solution to provide the detailed energy model, completed application forms, attendance at meetings with the grant providers and their agents to validate collected and modelled data, and complete the subsequent measurement and verification program.
Filament’s familiarity with building electrical and thermal energy systems allowed us to prepare detailed energy models, taking into account hourly utility data, ambient temperature fluctuations, seasonal demands, part load operations, and planned system downtime. This model is tailored for each of Magnolia’s customers to optimize electrical and thermal efficiency, meeting the desired outcome of the grant program, and maximizing the financial returns of the project.