NJ Medical Center to Start Energy Project

BAYONNE, N.J. — The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) recently approved a $950,000 rebate for the Bayonne Medical Center’s Combined Heat and Power (CHP) project, which will allow the acute-care hospital to generate most of the facility’s hot water, cooling and electricity, and run independently off the grid.

The $3.5 million CHP project will specifically allow heat waste from the hospital’s generators to heat the medical center, saving about $500,000 in energy costs in the first year alone.

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