Fort Meade Combined Heat & Power Resiliency Upgrade
75 kW of on-site CHP generation delivering power resiliency and energy savings to Fort Meade's dining facility.
U.S. Army · Fort Meade, Maryland
Executive Summary
RV Sinkler, as subcontractor and technical consultant to Aegis Energy Services, supported the design and installation of a 75 kW Combined Heat & Power system for Fort Meade's dining facility at 8502 Simonds Street. As originally designed, the facility had no resiliency option: a grid outage meant a complete loss of function, including the risk of losing thousands of dollars in food and consumables inventory. The CHP system's blackstart capability gives the facility reliable, on-site power and heat during an outage, keeping refrigeration and other critical loads running, in accordance with Army Directive 2017-07, while also delivering substantial year-round energy savings.
- Dining Facility, 8502 Simonds Street, Fort Meade, MD
Protecting a Mission-Critical Dining Facility
Without on-site generation, Fort Meade's dining facility faced a total loss of function during any grid outage, including spoiled food and consumables inventory, a real cost and readiness risk for a facility serving the installation around the clock.
RV Sinkler supported Aegis in designing a CHP solution that gives the facility efficient, on-site distributed generation, so refrigeration and other critical loads keep running through an outage instead of being lost.
- Engineering problem solving
- Critical infrastructure experience
- Resiliency engineering
- Food security & readiness
- Existing-facility integration
- Mission-critical thinking
Technical Consulting Support Across the Project Lifecycle
- Engineering Coordination
- Procurement Support
- Installation Support
- Commissioning
Aegis Energy Services held prime contract responsibility for the project. RV Sinkler supported the effort as subcontractor, providing technical consulting across:
- Engineering coordination
- Procurement support
- System sizing based on historical facility energy usage data
- Commissioning support
System Configuration
- Systems
- 1 Combined Heat & Power system
- Unit Capacity
- 75 kW
- Total Generation
- 75 kW
- Application
- Dining facility resiliency & efficiency
- Energy Source
- Natural gas
- Thermal Applications
- Space heating · Hot water · Facility resiliency
- Technology
- Aegen PowerSync reciprocating engine with full heat recovery
- Prime Contractor
- Aegis Energy Services, Inc.
What Defines This Project
- 75 kW CHP system delivering on-site power and heat resiliency to a mission-critical dining facility
- Projected to cut annual utility costs from roughly $161,000 to $127,000
- Supported as subcontractor and technical consultant to Aegis Energy Services
- Designed around Army energy efficiency and resiliency requirements
Designed Around Federal Energy & Resiliency Requirements
- Army Directive 2017-07 (Installation Energy and Water Security Policy)
- Executive Order 13693, Section 3 (emissions and carbon footprint reduction)
- EPA-certified natural gas engine, exempt from federal Initial Performance Testing requirements
Resiliency for Round-the-Clock Operations
A dining facility running around the clock for a military installation isn't just a convenience, it's food security and readiness. This project gave Fort Meade's dining facility a resiliency option it didn't have before: on-site generation that keeps refrigeration and other critical loads running through a grid outage, while paying for itself well within the system's service life.
Outcome
A completed CHP resiliency and efficiency upgrade delivered as subcontractor and technical consultant to Aegis Energy Services, giving Fort Meade's dining facility on-site power resiliency and substantial projected energy savings. Figures shown reflect the original proposal's projections; update with actual post-installation performance data if available.
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