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HP Enterprise cogeneration plant in Aguadilla is the co.’s 1st in the world

By District Energy posted 06-23-2021 08:54

  

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The liquified natural gas facility that Hewlett Packard Enterprise is building in Aguadilla will be the first in the world for the technology giant, which is preparing to stay in Puerto Rico for the long-run, Mark Bakker, general manager of Global Operations for HPE, told News is my Business.

HPE´s facility in Aguadilla is a critical specialty manufacturing and supply chain operations hub for its hardware and software businesses. In particular, the site provides end-to-end integrated software lifecycle management and fulfillment.

To continue to benefit from doing business in Puerto Rico, the company is investing to make sure that the site is resilient in the face of disaster.

Although HPE did not disclose how much it plans to invest in the future energy cogeneration facility, earlier this month, Aguadilla Mayor Julio Roldán disclosed that the company will put $13 million into the project that broke ground last week.

“This is a plant that will be placed on our campus that will be available to us, and once completed, it will provide sufficient electricity for the plants to continue operating,” in case of a power outage, Bakker said.

“We’ll still be connected to the local grid. The [cogeneration plant] builds this incremental resilience for our operation, which runs continuously it will help us in extreme weather conditions to keep our operation running,” he said.

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