April 30, 2004—Tecogen Inc., a provider of cost-effective, reliable, and environmentally friendly systems for the generation of on-site power, heating, and cooling, announced that it was one of four recipients awarded funds by the California Energy Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program to develop a next-generation cogeneration system that improves the efficiency, reliability, and environmental performance of electric-generation technologies. Tecogen is a subsidiary of American Distributed Generation Inc.
The California Energy Commission’s PIER’s Environmentally Preferred Advanced Generation program has awarded Tecogen $941,000 to develop the system as a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Research, Development, and Demonstration project. Tecogen also received $175,000 in private matching funds.
Tecogen plans to develop a prototype system and initiate field tests by spring 2005. The company expects to introduce the system commercially by early 2006.<p. For more information, contact American Distributed Generation.
