The
Jenbacher
INNIO Jenbacher designs and manufactures gas engines and cogeneration modules in the Austrian town of Jenbach in Tyrol. It is part of the INNIO portfolio of products and is one of their gas engine technologies; the other being Waukesha Engines. ...
J624 is a
natural gas engine with a
twin-turbocharged
Twin-turbo is a type of turbo layout in which two turbochargers are used to compress the intake fuel/air mixture (or intake air, in the case of a Direct fuel injection, direct-injection engine). The most common layout features two identical or mir ...
V24 layout. First produced in 2007, it was refitted in June of 2010 to be the world's first twin-turbocharged natural gas engine and released in that configuration in 2011. It is used for generating electricity and can run on a wide variety of fuels, including waste products.
Jenbacher markets the J624 as being environmentally friendly, highlighting "case studies" on their website in which they offer emissions reduction packages and power generation that consumes already-present waste products.
The J624 is currently being used for the
STAWAG Charging Station
A charging station, also known as a charge point, chargepoint, or electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), is a power supply electrical device, device that supplies electrical power for recharging plug-in electric vehicles (including batter ...
in
Aachen, Germany
Aachen is the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants.
Aachen is located at the northern foothills of the High Fens and the Eifel Mountains. It sits on the Wurm Riv ...
; the
Stadtwerke power plant in
Bad Reichenhall, Germany; the plastic plant in
Barranquilla, Colombia
Barranquilla () is the capital district of the Atlántico department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean coast region; as of 2018, it had a population of 1,206,319 making it ...
; the Biohof Querdel organic farm in
Sassenberg, Germany (a renewable application, according to Jenbacher); the El Gabar Al Asfar
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Wastewater treatment is a process which removes and eliminates contaminants from wastewater. It thus converts it into an effluent that can be returned to the water cycle. Once back in the water cycle, the effluent creates an acceptable impact on ...
in
Al-Qalyubia, Egypt; and a
paper mill
A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients. Prior to the invention and adoption of the Fourdrinier machine and other types of paper machine that use an endless belt ...
in an undisclosed location in
mainland China
"Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...
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