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Honda installs GE’s gas engines to boost plant’s energy efficiency

By January 23, 2013 5:29 am IST

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India replaces diesel generators with Jenbacher Natural Gas CHP units at Manesar plant; Project highlights global expansion of distributed power to enhance local energy security
Honda installs GE’s gas engines to boost plant’s energy efficiency
Facing soaring diesel fuel prices and intense competition in India’s two-wheeler sector, the Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Private Limited (HMSI) factory in Manesar, Haryana has installed two of GE’s ecomagination-qualified, natural gas-fired Jenbacher cogeneration units that use less expensive natural gas to generate 4 megawatts (MW) of reliable on-site power.
HMSI installed the Jenbacher units to lower energy costs at the flagship Manesar factory as the company prepares to dramatically expand production in India. The Manesar facility opened in 2001 and manufactures about 1.6 million scooters and motorcycles annually. HMSI’s Tapukara plant produces 1.2 million units while a third factory under construction in Bangalore will produce another 1.2 million units. HMSI aims to build up its capacity to 10 million two-wheelers annually by 2020.
The Manesar factory has a total power requirement of about 14 MW, and in order to ensure reliable power supply, HMSI originally installed a battery of 1-MW diesel generators to supply the factory’s power. However, in 2011, to counter soaring diesel fuel prices, HMSI decided to replace four of the diesel generators with GE’s more efficient, natural gas-fueled CHP units.

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