Toray Plastics Launches Second Combined Heat and Power Facility

Toray Plastics (America), Inc. is now operating a second cogeneration system at its 70-acre North Kingstown campus.

According to a press release on Business Wire, a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 25 was hosted by Mike Brandmeier, President and CEO, who welcomed Mr. Kazuo Morimoto, Chief Executive Representative to the Americas, Toray Industries (America), Inc., Mr. Tsutomu Himeno, Consul General of Japan, Lincoln D. Chafee, Governor of Rhode Island, M. Teresa Paiva-Weed, Senate President, Nicholas A. Mattiello, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and John Isberg, Director of Community and Customer Management, National Grid Rhode Island.

The new cogeneration system was operational in August and will enable Toray to continue uninterrupted manufacturing during an unexpected local power outage. The two cogeneration systems together will produce 145,000,000 kWh and reduce CO2 by an estimated 25,000 tons annually.

The $22.7 million project was paid for by Toray and with funds from National Grid’s Energy Efficiency Program, developed in collaboration with the state of Rhode Island.

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