by AF 0104 e5 — January 6, 2010—NRG Energy, Inc., through its subsidiary NRG Thermal, has signed a contract to provide comprehensive, high-efficiency energy services to the new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro (UMCPP).
The 237-single patient room, acute-care hospital is currently under construction in Plainsboro, New Jersey, and is expected to open by the end of 2011.
Under the 13-year contract, NRG will provide services from its Combined Heat and Power Plus (CHP Plus) program that integrates conventional, proven energy sources and leverages them with leading efficiency and environmental technologies.
The hospital will use electricity from a combined heat and power system that includes the production of steam for heating and chilled water for air conditioning, achieved by means of a thermal energy storage system. Other “green” elements include solar power generation and energy-saving “smart” meters, as well as and backup power.
The structural elements of the CHP system are subject to Plainsboro Township Planning Board approval, since such a power generating system was not initially part of the Plainsboro site plan approval of the hospital project.
For more information, see the NRG Web site.
