Cogeneration gaining in popularity for CHP and CCHP

In the face of climate change and rising energy costs, ‘small-cap’ industrial organisations are identifying with the need to implement sustainable energy solutions. The push to improve energy efficiency is growing on a global scale, as these organisations seek out ways to reduce their operating costs and minimise greenhouse emissions. This trend is being further driven by stringent environmental regulations, with government and private entities increasingly developing clean energy programmes for their industrial facilities. More clean energy programmes are being enacted on a global scale than ever before – an example being the Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform launched at the 2014 United Nations Climate Summit – and others are still under development, creating platforms for making energy infrastructure improvements that are good for both business and the environment.

Rise of cogeneration

For small-cap industrial organisations like hospitals and medical centres, one such improvement is on-site cogeneration. Thousands of cogeneration and trigeneration systems, also known as combined heat and power (CHP) or combined cooling, heat and power (CCHP) systems respectively, are being installed around the world, and in several different application environments. Investing in CHP allows these organisations to operate independently of the local electricity utility, and increase energy efficiency through the use of clean-burning, low emission power generation technologies.