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JJPRD Powers Facility with Cogeneration System

March 29, 2004 by Jeff Shepard

Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development LLC (JJPRD, LA Jolla, CA) officially dedicated the installation and operation of a new environmentally responsible, combined heat and power (CHP) cogeneration system, as part of a major research and development expansion at its La Jolla facility.

The 2,200 kW system will produce 15,000,000 kWh/yr of electricity plus 360,000 therms of heat and 1,600,000 ton-hr/yr of chilled water, providing more than 90 percent of the facility's electric power, and much of its heating and cooling needs. Not only does this green power project offer significant air pollution reduction and energy savings to the San Diego region, but it also will allow the research an development facility to fully operate independent of the State of California's electrical grid.