DOE Invests $18.5 Million to Advance On-Site Cooling/Heating/Power Systems for Buildings
Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham recently announced contracts of $18.5 million to seven industry teams for research, development and testing of "first generation" packaged cooling, heating and power systems for commercial and institutional buildings.
The industry partners will contribute to the total project costs.
Called distributed energy resource systems, these projects are expected to develop easy-to-order and install packaged systems that will supply energy at the customers' site, improve electric reliability, support existing utility grids, and increase energy and economic efficiency.