What are the benefits of using CHP?

CHP offers substantial savings for the customer over separate heating and electricity systems. In addition, as natural gas produces less harmful emissions than coal, oil or LPG, when a CHP system in installed, customers get more energy from their fuel and save greatly on fuel costs.

Lower Electricity Costs and Demand

CHP delivers a whole range of benefits to users including:
Lower electricity costs: A well engineered CHP unit should deliver saving in excess of 25% a year on electricity and heating bills. CHP units can be programmed to operate during higher electricity charge periods i.e. between 8am and 11pm each day or peak day times; this enables CHP users to completely avoid paying peak-time rates.

Uninterrupted electricity supply:

CHP users are not vulnerable to factors such as electricity outages caused by storms and problems with power lines, interrupted supply due to industrial action by electricity supply company workers, or under-capacity in the national grid.

Huge environmental benefits:

Carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas implicated as a cause of global climate change is released whenever fossil fuels are burned. Compared with traditional heat and power production, every 1MW of energy produced by a CHP unit prevents 1,250 tons of carbon dioxide a year being emitted to the atmosphere. CHP use also reduces the emission of sulphur and nitrogen oxides, which contribute to acid rain and acidification, and it helps to preserve finite fossil fuel reserves.

Position your company now for BER standards, Carbon Taxes and further user pay measures that are to be introduced.