If waste heat was defined as a renewable under RECs, then a 100MW baseload gas unit could earn an extra $1 million a year

First 6 of 6 paragraphs shown Enerji's waste heat adds 4.5MW turbine to 24 hour gas stack heat.
- Its Powerbox was said to "produce carbon-free electricity from waste and surplus heat starting at temperatures as low as 55°C".
Works with baseload gas:"Based on current operating scenarios, the thermal energy available to the Opcon Powerbox (i.e. the usable gas stack heat) is approximately 90MW. The report estimates the gross power output of the Opcon Powerbox at 9MW".
Coal stack won’t work: This was deemed impractical due to a variety of factors including necessity to adjust operating parameters, prolonged shutdown requirements and prohibitive infrastructure costs.
Wants waste heat defined as “renewable”: Enerji had asked the Federal Government to include waste heat as a renewable energy source and therefore qualify for 'renewable energy certificates' (RECs). If successful and based on the current spot price for RECs, Enerji would receive additional income of approximately $1.8M per annum for the 105MW GTG power station studied.
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