Combined Heat and Power(CHP) is an efficient method of generating heat and electricity from a single process and fuel source. This technique has lower carbon emissions than traditional generation, whilst also benefiting from lower energy costs.

Our in-house team of designers and engineers have all the skills and experience necessary to provide CHP energy solutions for all markets, as well as a dedicated team of engineers to provide maintenance services for these schemes once operational.

What is CHP?

CHP technology works by using a fuel source, typically natural gas, to generate electricity which can be either utilised by the client via a private wire, sold back to the grid, or a combination of the two. The CHP engine harnesses the waste heat generated from this process to distribute hot water through insulated district heating pipework to provide heating and hot water for the client’s buildings, after which it returns to the energy centre to be reheated by the CHP. By generating the electricity and heat through one fuel simultaneously, it is much more efficient than traditional power generation as there is less wasted energy, providing a solution that improves energy efficiency by 40-45%.

Benefits of Combined Heat and Power


Financial

  • Typically lower in price than traditional importation from the grid

  • Utilises one fuel source to generate two energy outputs (electricity and heat), therefore creating two outputs for the cost of one fuel input

  • Further savings found through the generation of electricity at the price of a single fuel import which is typically lower than the cost of importing electricity separately

  • There is the option to sell the electricity back to the grid, allowing for further financial reward simply by generating a heating supply

  • A 2017 study by BEIS found that UK customers connected to heat networks, on average, pay less for their heating than traditional generation

  • A 2017 study by BEIS found that UK customers connected to heat networks, on average, pay less for their heating than traditional generation

  • Fuel supplied to the CHP engine and the energy generated from it could be exempt from the main rates of the Climate Change Levy dependent on the efficiency of the installation


Environmental

  • ­Traditional energy generation consists of separate plants for electricity and heat, resulting in higher carbon emissions and considerable wasted heat

  • CHP generates both energy forms simultaneously and harnesses this otherwise wasted heat to provide heating to buildings

  • Fewer carbon emissions with maximum energy savings

  • Lower emissions of harmful gases so is more sustainable than traditional generation

  • Ability to adapt equipment to minimise noise emissions to comply with planning constraints


Benefits of Working with a Specialist Contractor

  • We can tailor-make a solution to suit any location

  • We have experience working within the education sector, hospitals, private developers, city centres and local authorities to provide flexible solutions to suit a range of sites

  • We can provide operation and maintenance services, and can guarantee performance of efficiencies and outputs assuring an agreed level of financial and carbon savings