What’s a combined Heat and Power Plant?
A facility that produces both electrical power and thermal energy for local heating loads. Academic campuses are often great locations for this technology. CHP efficiencies can exceed 70%, making them the most efficient method available today for converting carbon based fuels into usable energy. What’s a combined cycle power plant? A plant that produces electrical power from the primary combustion source (in our case a gas turbine), and then uses the waste heat to produce power in a secondary process (in our case a heat recovery steam generator and steam turbine driving an second electrical generator). When thermal heat is extracted from the process for heating loads, the plant is also a combined heat and power plant. What’s a PURPA Qualifying Facility? An electrical generation facility that meets minimum combined heat and power efficiencies as established by the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. This designation entitles the facility to sell excess power to the local uti
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