Inside MIT's Cogeneration Plant, a densely-packed maze of pipes and heavy equipment that includes the gas-turbine Combustion Turbine Generator Set, an efficient way of producing electrical and thermal energy to help power the MIT campus while improving power efficiency by 18% and reducing emissions by 45% compared to the previous technology.


Inside MIT's Cogeneration Plant, a densely-packed maze of pipes and heavy equipment that includes the gas-turbine Combustion Turbine Generator Set, an efficient way of producing electrical and thermal energy to help power the MIT campus while improving power efficiency by 18% and reducing emissions by 45% compared to the previous technology.


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