Industry 4.0 Readiness through Digital Plant Control Boosts Efficiency and Security of Gas-Powered Cogeneration Power Plants
Within the framework of the fourth industrial revolution, industry and trade are currently making enormous progress with respect to efficiency, profitability, and reliability: The comprehensive digitization of the production chain enables people, machines, systems, and products to communicate and cooperate with each other more effectively than ever.
Reduced Use of Primary Energy and Reduced Carbon Emissions through Gas-Fired CHP Plants
The main advantages of heat and power cogeneration in a natural gas-fired CHP plant compared to their separate generation include the much better utilization of primary energy and the lower carbon emissions.
Apprentices of Caterpillar Energy Solutions in Action as Energy Scouts: Energy Efficiency in the Own Company Is a Matter of Course
Together with the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Rhine-Neckar (IHK Rhein-Neckar), Caterpillar deployed its apprentices on a quest for discovery of energy saving potential in the own company in the context of an environmental protection initiative.
Orlando’s Entertainment Industry Supplies Food Waste for Sustainable Energy Cycle
Every second, about 10 kg of food waste are dumped at landfills in central Florida. Thanks to a unique cooperation between Caterpillar and several local partners, this waste no longer remains unused.
Caterpillar Energy Solutions Wins Excellence Award for Sustainable Energy Management System
Once a year, Caterpillar honors excellent achievements in its own ranks with the prestigious Caterpillar Excellence Awards. This year, Caterpillar Energy solutions received the first prize in the "Process Sustainability" category.
Distributed Energy Generation in Ywama Cogeneration Power Plant Continues to Attract Public Interest
That the interest in the operation of the Ywama CHP plant in Myanmar continues is shown by the 1000 Facebook fans who now follow the "Myanmar Power Tour" channel.
Cat CHP Plant in UM UCMC Hospital Wins ENERGY STAR Award 2016 for Carbon Savings
By installing a highly energy-efficient CHP plant, the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center (UM UCMC) in Maryland, USA, has significantly reduced its carbon footprint and qualified for the ENERGY STAR award 2016.
Caterpillar Energy Solutions on Shortlist for Chairman’s Sustainability Award
A sustainability energy management system from Mannheim has been nominated for the prestigious "Chairman’s Sustainability Award".
Caterpillar Energy Solutions and KIT have opened a gas engine test lab
Caterpillar Energy Solutions and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology research cogeneration technologies in new gas engine test lab. The jointly operated cogeneration plant will serve as a research platform by means of which the two partners will intensify their cooperation.
Peter Körner Appointed District Chairman of Südwestmetall Rhine-Neckar
At a member's meeting in Mannheim last Monday, Peter Körner, one of the two Managing Directors of Caterpillar Energy Solutions, was elected as the new district chairman of the employer association Südwestmetall.