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Cat® Natural Gas Generators from 100-4500 kW
Prepare for the unexpected, save on energy costs, and generate demand response revenue.
Why Choose Natural Gas?
- Meet your emissions goals: Natural gas products typically produce three times lower NOx emissions relative to diesel, as well as sharply reducing CO2 and sulphur dioxide, reducing total site emissions.
- Save on energy costs: In addition to backup power, you can leverage your gas generator set for other purposes, such as peak shaving and demand response programs, potentially resulting in additional savings and income.
- More fuel options: Much of our generator portfolio can also be configured to operate on a variety of low carbon-intensity renewable fuels, including biogas and blended fuels such as hydrogen.
- Peace of mind: Using pipeline natural gas rather than diesel means you don’t have to worry about running out of fuel when the unexpected happens.
Why Choose Caterpillar?
- Our products and financing options: We have a range of financing options available for your solution. Whether it's lower, manageable monthly repayments or an Energy as a Service (EaaS) agreement, we can help you secure something that works for you.
- Our footprint: Our global dealer footprint means you can access local dealer expertise and support, at your convenience.
- Our experience: We know power. Caterpillar has offered power generation solutions across the globe for over 95 years.
- Our services: Caterpillar supports customers pre- and post-purchase. Our network of dealers helps you effectively maintain and manage your generator set throughout its life.
Determine Your Fuel Choice: Natural Gas vs. Diesel
If you need a power solution but still aren’t sure if gas is the right choice for you, view our quick and simple comparison below.
Natural Gas
- Lower emissions: Natural gas fuels generally produce lower NOx, sulphur dioxide, and CO2 than diesel.
- Long-term savings: There are typically lower average fuels costs with gas products, lowering your total cost of ownership.
- Fuel versatility: Many Cat® generator sets can be configured to use propane, natural gas blended with hydrogen, and other low-emission fuels. Facilities which produce organic waste can even route the gases to their generator sets as fuel for even greater savings.
- Savings from CHP: With combined heat and power (CHP), excess heat from natural gas generators can be safely captured and used for building heating or to heat water, thereby saving energy.
Diesel
- Lower initial investment: Typically, diesel generator sets require lower up-front investment.
- Small and powerful: Diesel power solutions generally accept transient loads better than gas products, especially with larger load steps.
- Mobile products: There is a wider range of diesel mobile products available for easy transporting and fast installation.
Designed to Support Demand Response
What is demand response?
When electricity demand soars (and so do prices), generating power can be expensive. With your generator set, you can transfer some or all of a facility’s load from the grid to your own asset. You may also have the opportunity to sell the power your gas generator is producing.
What are the financial benefits?
Cat natural gas generators are designed for demand response programs, which offer potential monetary benefits. Demand response programs offered by utilities compensate large energy users for producing extra power during high consumption, such as during extremely hot or cold weather or after work and school hours. Utilities pay users in demand response programs for generating extra power during peak consumption times and exporting it to the grid.
Why is demand response important?
The electrification of society is adding significant increases in energy demand. The traditional model—large, centralized fossil fuel power plants—isn’t fast or flexible enough to keep up with demand. As the threat of utility power outages increases for many areas of the U.S., demand response participants can reduce demand on the utility supply in the event of a utility grid emergency.
Demand response programs combined with natural gas generators could be the perfect combination for your energy needs.
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