Coca-Cola bottling facility in Brazil will install three of GE’s Jenbacher natural gas engines to power a new 12-megawatt (MW) quadgeneration plant to help meet the factory’s on-site power and heating requirements.

Brazilian energy company Light Esco will install three ecomagination-qualified Jenbacher J624 engines at the Andina Brasil-Coca-Cola bottling facility in Jacarepaguá, outside Rio de Janeiro. GE delivered the three, 4-MW engines in January 2013, and the power plant is expected to begin operating in November 2013.

Typical cogeneration systems generate cost-effective supplies of electricity and heat, but Coca-Cola Andina’s quadgeneration plant also will produce cold water, carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen to support the bottling operations. By installing quadgeneration technology to recover food-grade CO₂, factories can reduce emissions by up to an additional 40 percent when compared to using separate power and heat generating equipment.