Toronto: Toronto Hydro and the Campbell Soup Company of Canada unveiled a new combined heat and power project March 31 at Campbell Canada's Toronto location.
Capable of producing enough energy to power the factory, the CHP project came together as a result of Campbell Canada's push towards energy efficiency and sustainability, and was made a reality when Toronto Hydro helped arrange incentive funding through the saveONenergyOM program.
In 2010, Campbell Canada set an aggressive goal to cut its environmental footprint in half by 2020 and the company is well on track thanks to projects like the CHP plant. This project allows Campbell Canada to save on electricity costs, has environmental benefits and provides reliable emergency back-up power, ensuring soup production is never impacted.
The plant consists of a 4.6 MW Combustion Gas Turbine Generator and a Heat Recovery Steam Generator that produces 90,000 lb/hr of steam. Residual heat from the steam is used to cook the plant's product, soup. The project provides 95% of Campbell Canada's electricity needs, with the remaining coming from the Toronto Hydro grid. The project is the first to be completed in Toronto using the saveONenergyOM incentive program, Campbell's says. It took two years to complete. Toronto Hydro was able to arrange $5 million in incentive funding, which amounted to approximately 40% of the $12 million project.
Campbell has also embarked on other significant energy-efficiency projects, including a $100,000 compressed air upgrade, a major LED lighting retrofit, the introduction of sensors, and more.
See also the YouTube video at this location: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxZ3EOCznlA.