Category: 📘 Glossary & Acronyms
Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
A technology that simultaneously produces electricity and useful thermal energy from a single fuel source.
Combined Heat and Power (CHP), also known as cogeneration, improves energy efficiency by capturing heat that would otherwise be wasted during electricity generation and using it for heating or industrial processes.
Typical CHP systems may use fuels such as:
CHP facilities are commonly located at industrial sites, hospitals, universities, and district energy systems where both electricity and heat are needed.
Because CHP systems use fuel more efficiently than separate electricity and heat production, they can reduce overall energy consumption and emissions.
CHP facilities may operate as electricity generators connected to the power grid or as on-site generation serving a specific facility.
A university campus may install a CHP plant that produces electricity for campus buildings while using the recovered heat to provide steam for heating.
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