Coal ash and particulate residue from a fossil-fuelled power plant
INDUSTRY 03 · Waste Heat Recovery for Fossil Power — Gas & Coal

Power plant
waste heat recovery.

Enormous value rejected through boiler and generator exhaust, condenser heat, cooling towers, blowdown and stack losses. Coal adds particulate.

Industry 03 · Power

Fossil-fuelled power: gas and coal.

Power plants reject enormous value through boiler and generator exhaust, condenser heat, cooling towers, blowdown, stack losses and auxiliary systems. Where site conditions, fuel chemistry, emissions controls and independent measurement support it, this is a near-zero emissions opportunity — treated as an engineered project objective, not a regulatory guarantee, until it is demonstrated.

CasePresent setup & wasteSRU / RPC / TESS responseTarget outcome
500 MW gas plant Example output 12,000 MWh/day; fuel input may exceed 22,000–25,000 MWh(th)/day depending on heat rate. Waste: stack heat, condenser and cooling load, turbine exhaust, auxiliary losses. SRU captures exhaust heat and water-vapour value where chemistry permits. TESS stores and reuses heat, and converts sufficient-temperature heat to behind-the-meter power. No RPC unless a particulate or fuel condition requires it. Target 7–10% fuel reduction and ~25% useful output increase where integration supports it, plus black-start TESS backup for key plant infrastructure.
500 MW coal plant Example output 12,000 MWh/day; fuel input may exceed 30,000 MWh(th)/day. Waste: particulate exhaust, stack heat, condenser heat, ash and solids, cooling-tower burden, auxiliary loads. RPC addresses the particulate-heavy exhaust. SRU captures heat and water-vapour value where chemistry permits. TESS stores and converts recoverable thermal streams. Greenhouse or compression/condensation pathways create public-facing value. Near-zero emissions opportunity when combined with proper emissions controls; 7–10% fuel reduction target, ~25% net MWh increase target, and 40–60% cooling-water reduction target where engineered and validated.

Infrastructure effects

Power plant integrated with a greenhouse campus
The coal end-state

Emissions transformed,
not just permitted.

RPC removes the solid pollutants. SRU and TESS strip the Btus across an 800°F-to-122°F cascade and convert what qualifies into behind-the-meter electricity. What remains — CO₂ and water vapour — becomes the input to a greenhouse complex producing food year-round.

Before we quote anything

The data we ask for — power.

We would rather send you a data request than a brochure. This is what turns a conversation into a bankable project.

Gas plant

Plant heat rate; turbine and exhaust temperature and flow; cooling technology and water balance; auxiliary load; dispatch profile; power price; emissions permit; black-start requirements; interconnection limits; available footprint.

Coal plant

Coal quality; ash and particulate loading; flue-gas chemistry; existing ESP / baghouse / FGD / SCR controls; boiler data; condenser and cooling-tower water balance; auxiliary load; ash handling; corrosion and condensate constraints; emissions permits.

Validation boundary

All claims relating to site savings, water reduction, output increase, emissions outcomes, payback, incentives and deployment economics are planning assumptions, analogues or prior-project references — unless and until they are validated for your specific facility through engineering, measurement, vendor quotation, financing documentation, legal review and final commercial agreements.

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