Fort Worth Taps Into Major Energy Savings With a Unique Approach to Financing Improvements

Fort Worth goes big with a $35 million energy savings performance contract and is ahead of schedule with payback on the investment.

Fort Worth Taps Into Major Energy Savings With a Unique Approach to Financing Improvements

Biogas is burned in two 5.2 MW Solar Taurus 60 turbines paired with Kato Engineering generators (Nidec Motor Corporation).

The Fort Worth, Texas, Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility is big — it is rated at 166 mgd.

So to be meaningful, an energy savings program also has to be big. Fort Worth officials decided a $35 million investment would do the job. It appears they were right: The program...

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