Marine Corps Recruit Depot CHP Facility

Customers

US Navy - electricity and steam
San Diego Gas & Electric Company - electricity

Location

San Diego, California

Capacity

25 MW electric
285 kpph steam

Project Description

Primary Energy's Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) CHP Facility is a 25 MW comined heat and power (CHP) plant which serves the Marine Corps Recruit Depot and the Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW) Training Complex in San Diego. The Depot is one of two principal Marine recruiting and training bases in the country. Steam produced by the CHP plant and two auxiliary boilers is used to meet the energy requirements of a network of 245 buildings on the Depot. All the electricity produced by the CHP plant is sold to San Diego Gas & Electric Company under long-term power purchase agreements.

Commercial Operation

1989

Benefits

The MCRD CHP facility provides 100% of the Depot's annual steam requirements and the requirements for the ASW schools. The CHP plant is equipped with selective catalytic reduction technology and a carbon monoxide (CO) catalyst which substantially reduces nitrogen oxide (NOx) and CO emissions. The production of both useful electricity and thermal energy form the CHP facility has the effect of reducing regional emissions by an average of over 200 tons of NOx, 400 tons of SO2, and 140,000 tons of CO2 per year. In addition, the Depot and SDG&E increased local reliability.