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Stryker breaks ground on $4.7M electricity co-generator at its Arroyo plant

By District Energy posted 03-16-2022 16:09

  

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Medical technology company Stryker held a groundbreaking ceremony at its Arroyo facility to mark the start of construction of a $4.7 million combined heat and power (CHP) electricity co-generator that will be able to produce 100% of the energy required to operate that plant.

During the event, company officials said once completed, the CHP plant will be “one of the largest of its kind of any of the Stryker facilities in the world.”

The project encompasses two natural gas electricity generators, a natural gas storage station, and auxiliary cooling equipment. The new co-generating plant will be connected to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority grid, so it can be used as an alternate resource in case of an eventuality but will operate on its own, officials said.

The CHP is expected to be fully operational by February 2023.

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