970,000 pounds per hour of steam and hot water; 41,875 tons of chilled water; 47 megawatts of cogeneration; 36 megawatts of peaking power; and 2 miles of steam.
Medical Area Total Area Plant (MATEP)
Challenge
Medical Area Total Energy Plant (MATEP) is a central plant in Boston that is dedicated to providing the thermal and electrical energy requirements of six world-class medical institutions that are affiliated with Harvard Medical School. The six hospitals collectively feature more than 2,000 beds, and serve 85,000 inpatients and 50,000 outpatients a year. The plant's production capacity is significant: 970,000 pounds per hour of steam and hot water; 41,875 tons of chilled water; 47 megawatts of cogeneration (combined heat and power); 36 megawatts of peaking power; and two miles of steam and chilled water distribution piping. Operating and maintaining a plant of this nature requires specialized expertise in district energy and cogeneration assets, along with the reliability to provide for the critical requirements of the six hospitals 24 hours a day.
Veolia Energy's solution
- Provide long-term O&M services at MATEP, applying the Veolia Energy best practices for operating and maintaining district energy and cogeneration assets specifically, and complex systems in general.
- Veolia Energy's best practices have been developed through the operation of 118,000 energy installations in 42 countries, as well as through fulfilling the energy requirements of nearly 5,550 hospitals.
Results
- Predictive maintenance is applied to the energy assets to optimize their efficiency and availability, and to extend the useful life of the equipment.
- Veolia Energy manages the operating risks associated with the energy assets, while the hospitals that purchase the thermal and electrical energy produced by MATEP focus on providing high-quality health care to their patients.