Kerman Energy Efficiency Upgrade Program (KEE-UP) Phase 2
This project will install energy efficient equipment at an animal food production facility.
Baker Commodities, Inc.
Recipient
Vernon, CA
Recipient Location
26th
Senate District
54th
Assembly District
$270,113
Amount Spent
Active
Project Status
Project Update
The Issue
The margins in food production are quite tight. As a result, producers often operate plants continuously for long periods, shutting down only on rare occasion for maintenance or vital repairs. Upgrading existing and functional equipment to more energy-efficient versions is, therefore, often not a high priority for food production plant operators and typically does not occur until the equipment reaches the end of its useful lifetime or fails completely. For these reasons, the Recipient has installed limited upgrades to its Kerman, California facility equipment to more energy-efficient models.
Project Innovation
The purpose of this project is to retrofit and replace inefficient equipment with drop-in, commercially available, high efficiency equipment to reduce GHG emissions, energy consumption, and operating costs, at the Recipient's Kerman, California animal food production facility. Specifically, a more efficient boiler with selective catalytic reduction and a regenerative thermal oxidizer which utilizes waste heat will be installed. Both will contribute to significantly reduced natural gas consumption.
Project Benefits
This project will reduce natural gas consumption and GHG emissions at the animal food production facility.
Environmental Sustainability
This project will reduce annual GHG emissions by at least 17 percent approximately equivalent to 4,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year.
Subrecipients
Build Momentum (d.b.a. Momentum)
Match Partners
Baker Commodities, Inc.
